Nations Quote by Robert E. Howard

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it.

— Gilbert Highet

Poetry resonates differently in each culture; it doesn't in America.

— Campbell McGrath

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'd say people do need some help with poetry because I think poetry just helps takes us to places that Americans aren't always accustomed…

— Edward Hirsch

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not…

— Mark Strand

If the United States haven't grown poets, on any scale of grandeur, it is certain that they import, print, and read more poetry than…

— Walt Whitman

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

Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species.

— Joseph Brodsky

In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture.

— Eliza Griswold

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

— Robert Morgan

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

— Diane Wakoski

More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race.

— Andrew Motion