Code Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Zephyr Teachout

Poetry can't give us the laws and institutions and representatives, the antidotes we need: only public activism by massive numbers of citizens can do…

— Adrienne Rich

“She was learning to treat laws as most people treat poems, making them mean whatever she wanted them to without reference to the author's…

— Jane Rule

Poets should speak out against what we see as the assault against our Constitution and the warmongering that's going on. I'm perfectly willing to…

— Sam Hamill

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 once said a poet has the right to sing as loudly and vocally as he wants to. Most poets should face a rock…

— Jim Carroll

Most poets are mad. It doesn't qualify us for anything.

— Anne Sexton

For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.

— Fady Joudah

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

— June Jordan

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content…

— Salvatore Quasimodo

“A poem shouldn't just give melody; it should give meaning.”

— Amit Kalantri

These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.

— Sara Genn