American tradition Quote by Edward Hirsch

American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and I am…

— Joseph Brodsky

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

The poet is someone, I think, who's interested in registering experience immediately or giving you the sense of immediacy and directness.

— Amiri Baraka

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

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living…

— Marilyn Hacker

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure…

— Diane Wakoski

“A Poet = A willingness to be vulnerable & to trust the inner voice.”

— Morgan Dragonwillow

Poetry is telling something to someone.

— Marie Howe

Poetry is road maintenance for a fragmented world which seeks to be kept together. It's been an integral activity for a long time.

— Diane Glancy

“There was a little sketch pad with a pink paper cover, a packet of handwritten notes in what looked like my grandmother's handwriting, a…

— Mary Simses

“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what was seen during a moment.”

— Carl Sandburg