Contemporary Poetry Quotes
- Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I love contemporary poetry because it moves between what we call poetry and what we call philosophy. It joins these fields and makes writing more… — Etel Adnan
- A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called… — Chaim Potok
- contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a place where accessibility and intelligence have been fighting a Cold War by proxy for the last half-century. — Nick Hornby
- I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry. — Chang-Rae Lee