Moral Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

All poetry is political, to some degree.

— Mike Young

I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.

— Zephyr Teachout

I always thought that writing poetry was in itself a political act.

— John Ashbery

Where politics is concerned, I think poets have to be pragmatists, philosophical pragmatists.

— Robert Hass

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

— Eileen Myles

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

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

— June Jordan

For me, poetry has no point in existing if it's not to be a prompt or aid to political and ethical change.

— John Kinsella

Poetry is the way into a spiritual vision of society and the universe.

— Camille Paglia

The central issue of poetry as of politics is the destiny of the human personality.

— Martin Carter

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

— Kenneth Koch

Poetry is a big voice outside of who is a Democrat or whatever.

— Michele Lamy