“Dawn 5am: the frogs ask what is it, what is it? It is what it is.” — Campbell McGrath Dawn Copy Share Image
Poems are language turned into art; sound and sense matter; they can be as long or longer than The Odyssey or as… — Campbell McGrath Art Copy Share Image
The shape that poems make in the mind is an echo of something powerful in the cosmos. I do believe that, and… — Campbell McGrath Believe Copy Share Image
All of the arts are kin - music and sculpture and dance, those are wordless art forms. But poetry is defined by… — Campbell McGrath Art Copy Share Image
I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to… — Campbell McGrath Book Copy Share Image
“How strange that they arrive at all, nights on planet earth.” — Campbell McGrath Nature Copy Share Image
I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn't perfectly suited to accommodating such… — Campbell McGrath Data Copy Share Image
A poem employs both the sound and the sense of language, it treats words not just as signifiers but as a plastic… — Campbell McGrath Art Copy Share Image
Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is… — Campbell McGrath Bigs Copy Share Image
It's not surprising to me that books ended up playing a central role in my life, but it is somewhat mysterious that… — Campbell McGrath Book Copy Share Image
People who publish poetry today do it from a sense that poetry needs to be published, not because they think they are… — Campbell McGrath Making money Copy Share Image
Poetry resonates differently in each culture; it doesn't in America. — Campbell McGrath America Copy Share Image
Many other cultures value poetry more than we do. In Ireland, poetry is a top cultural pursuit, the art to end all… — Campbell McGrath Art Copy Share Image
Our lives are so dominated by financial concerns - paying the rent - and consumer choices - what sort of detergent to… — Campbell McGrath Choices Copy Share Image
People say modernism killed poetry for them: it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't touch a popular musical oral tradition. Years ago, you memorized… — Campbell McGrath Modernism Copy Share Image
The culture stays alive, but certain parts of it die or fail, and that's very interesting to me. — Campbell McGrath Alive Copy Share Image
