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If we were to see Western landay poems, we'd see them out of disenfranchised populations, maybe out of the legacy of slavery. Spirituals, rap…

— Eliza Griswold

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens…

— Robert Morgan

I'd say people do need some help with poetry because I think poetry just helps takes us to places that Americans aren't always accustomed…

— Edward Hirsch

Poetry is often generations in advance of the thought of its time.

— Louise Bogan

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to…

— Diane Wakoski

Poetry resonates differently in each culture; it doesn't in America.

— Campbell McGrath

More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race.

— Andrew Motion

In terms of poetry, I worry about being far from the voice of my childhood, the rhythms of Ulster speech, and the liveliness of…

— Nick Laird

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.

— Sherman Alexie

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it.

— Gilbert Highet

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

Don't you think that as a people, Americans have less poetry, real poetry, in their souls than any other nations?

— Robert E. Howard