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I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the…

— Mark Strand

I'm about fifty years behind as far as my preferences go and I must say that the poets who excite me most are the…

— Sylvia Plath

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

— Diane Wakoski

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

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

— Diane Wakoski

Everybody has their own idea of what's a poet. Robert Frost, President Johnson, T.S.Eliot, Rudolf Valentino - they're all poets. I like to think…

— Bob Dylan

I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple…

— Bo Burnham

A poem I write is not just about me; it is about national identity, not just regional but national, the history of people in…

— Natasha Trethewey

I don't write poetry for the New Yorker. My poems appear in the Nation, mostly.

— Kevin Sessums

An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to…

— Stephen Spender

I do like Canadian poetry. Christian Bök, Anne Carson, Carmine Starnino, and Don McKay are a few of the Canadian poets whose work has…

— James Arthur

I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word.

— Bob Dylan