American poetry Quote by Norman MacCaig

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

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

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

— Helen Vendler

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

— Eavan Boland

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 think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the…

— Mark Strand

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

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

— Diane Wakoski

One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance…

— Peter Coyote

I'm only interested in poetry.

— Charles Bukowski

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.

— James Broughton

I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about…

— Allison Joseph