Best american Quote by Mark Strand

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

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

— Diane Wakoski

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

— Diane Wakoski

I have always loved American poetry, which is very different from Irish poetry.

— Eavan Boland

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good…

— Robert Morgan

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

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

— Norman MacCaig

“The Americans of all nations at any time upon the earth have probably the fullest poetical nature. The United States themselves are essentially the…

— Walt Whitman

The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. They've had very few instances where…

— Jenny Zhang

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

— Mark Strand

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

— Helen Vendler