Asking Quote by Sam Hamill

We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The…

— Oscar Wilde

I see woefully obscure poetry as simply a kind of verbal rudeness.

— Billy Collins

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

Poets are political, they have to be reflections of their times [because] they're living in their times... Poetry is political in that it's standing…

— John Cusack

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

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.

— Thomas Hardy

I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say…

— James Laughlin

“I always get a little bit irritated when people talk about 'bringing poetry to the people' especially those poet - performers who seem to…

— Michael Donaghy

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

— Eugene McCarthy

When people decide to talk publicly about poetry as an art form and how it's received, they often get very abject about it: "Nobody…

— Eileen Myles

“In the land of poetry commentary, you will encounter those who take poetry too lightly, and those who take poetry too seriously. The former…

— Jasper Sole

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point…

— Diane Wakoski