Myth Quote by 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 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

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

— Mark Strand

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

— Diane Wakoski

Poetry at large in America is naturally a reflection of the American system and culture. That's my possibly narrow view of it, or reductive…

— Fady Joudah

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

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

— Gilbert Highet

Americans have been tremendously fortunate in poetry, regarding both the quantity and quality of poetry produced. Unfortunately, it remains in schools and universities; it…

— Joseph Brodsky

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

— Campbell McGrath

The English tourist in American literature wants above all things something different from what he has at home. For this reason the one American…

— Virginia Woolf

Someone said, in a simplistic way maybe, that all American poetry is either cooked or raw, and if it's cooked, it comes from Poe.

— Frederic Tuten