American poetry Quote by Frederic Tuten

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

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

— Campbell McGrath

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

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

— Gilbert Highet

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

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

Poe gives the sense for the first time in America, that literature is serious, not a matter of courtesy but of truth.

— William Carlos Williams

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

Don't you think that as a people, Americans have less poetry, real poetry, in their souls than any other nations?

— Robert E. Howard

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

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not…

— Mark Strand

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry.

— Virginia Woolf