American Quote by David Berman

“My Poetry book ”

— Rabisha

I published my first poem in 'The Paris Review' in 1980.

— Siri Hustvedt

My first book of poems was published privately in 1949. That was my mother. The book was '25 Poems.' It cost 200 dollars.

— Derek Walcott

I have some weak poems in that new collection, which is why I'm not ready to send the collection out yet.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I can't imagine having the courage to ask a publisher to do a whole book of my poems.

— Frederick Busch

“You ask me. You have asked others before this. You send them to magazines. You compare them with other poems, and you are upset…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

The laureateship [of U.S. Children's Poet] has brought me a couple of appealing contracts, including my first anthology, the 200-poem The National Geographic Book…

— J. Patrick Lewis

Macmillan's rejection had left him very downcast... Patrick Swift was invited to peruse the contents and decided that the poems should be published.

— Patrick Kavanagh

One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance…

— Peter Coyote

“I submitted a poem last night to The New Yorker. They said it can take up to three months to hear back. I got…

— Jarod Kintz

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

— Norman MacCaig

“Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many…

— Oscar Wilde