Doe Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I'm of the opinion that poetry is always political, and cannot help but be so, regardless of the poet's intent, given that refusing to…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.

— Langston Hughes

A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'

— Sonia Sanchez

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

— Howard Nemerov

“Poetry was a way to combat the staid and formulaic language of politicians that opposed the flexible and dynamic language of poets and writers.”

— Azar Nafisi

You don't have to be a poet, you don't have to be a politician or be in the White House to make an impact…

— Amanda Gorman

All poetry is political, to some degree.

— Mike Young

“The poet who sees himself as a hero or a prophet, or a priest of the socio-political forces to which he is loyal, which…

— Michael D. O'Brien

“War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. Poetics and philosophies disintegrate…

— Salvatore Quasimodo

My poems are political in the deeper sense of the word. Political means to live in your time, to be a man of your…

— Yehuda Amichai

Poetry is my politics. It's an opportunity that gives me a way to speak.

— Eileen Myles