Creative Quote by Robert Morgan

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

— Robert Morgan

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

— Norman MacCaig

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the…

— Mark Strand

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

The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. They've had very few instances where…

— Jenny Zhang

Don't you think that as a people, Americans have less poetry, real poetry, in their souls than any other nations?

— Robert E. Howard

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

I love to publish new writers, and we do so consistently. But a lot of contemporary American poets sound alike to me. They want…

— Jonathan W. Galassi

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

— Gilbert Highet

What I search for continuously in my art is adequate language, language I hope can stand beyond any particular occasion. What I'm finding is…

— Adrienne Rich

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.

— James Broughton

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

— Helen Vendler