Creative Quote by Richard Blanco

A poem I write is not just about me; it is about national identity, not just regional but national, the history of people in…

— Natasha Trethewey

That's kind of the challenging thing about writing an inaugural poem. You're speaking to everyone, but you don't also want to speak for everyone.

— Amanda Gorman

I was deeply moved by Richard Blanco's reading of his inaugural poem-a timely and elegant tribute to the great diversity of American experience. And…

— Natasha Trethewey

When we look at the arts and letters in America, especially if we look at poetry, and poetry set to music, this dialogue, we…

— Thomas Hampson

“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

Song of myself is a great American Epic poem.

— RMKATTA

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to…

— Diane Wakoski

American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and I am…

— Joseph Brodsky

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

— Diane Wakoski

I went to West Texas and started writing a cycle of Americana poems after the space conjured images that, as a child, I only…

— Nathalie Handal

Poetry at large in America is naturally a reflection of the American system and culture. That's my possibly narrow view of it, or reductive…

— Fady Joudah

When one's not writing poems - and I'm not at the moment - you wonder how you ever did it. It's like another country…

— May Sarton