American Quote by John Burnside

I like poems and keep sharing them online.

— Amitabh Bachchan

I feel very connected to poets across the country.

— Anonymous

I think I'm a journalist in one sense - I want to communicate to people about certain things that are happening around us, around…

— Alfredo Jaar

I didn't ever consider poetry the province exclusively of English and American literature and I discovered a great amount in reading Polish poetry and…

— Edward Hirsch

I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. I've compiled a book of poetry that's completed, and two…

— Corin Nemec

I think poets should work in the non-literary, non-academic world, get to know more than a workshop or a university.

— Adrienne Rich

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

— Norman MacCaig

Poems are ideally suited, in some ways, to social media because they pack so much meaning into so little language.

— Michelle Dean

My advice to aspiring poets is to find a community of other poets who are willing to read one another's work. And to read…

— Lucia Perillo

I want to be able to touch every part of our community with poetry.

— Clinton D. Powell

I want to just go to places where writers don't usually go, where people like me don't usually show up, and say, 'Here are…

— Tracy K. Smith

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell