Concerned Quote by Robert Hass

All poetry is political, to some degree.

— Mike Young

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 consider poetry very subordinate to moral and political science.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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

— Zephyr Teachout

Let me just say that the politics that I have are never the politics of poetics. I am not interested in politics. Politically, I…

— Lucie Brock-Broido

There's been real hostility toward political poetry in the U.S., hostility or, at best, incomprehension. I'm speaking of those who have institutional power over…

— Adrienne Rich

I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part…

— Yehuda Amichai

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

Whenever poetry and politics are mentioned in the same breath, we tend to miss the point entirely - as I often have - and…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.

— Salvatore Quasimodo

So yes, I'm trying to think about the connections between politics and poetry. There's an awful lot you could say here.Poetics is a form…

— Simon Critchley

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

— Samuel Beckett