Admire Quote by Sylvia Plath

I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.

— Charles Olson

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

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

— Diane Wakoski

I have always loved American poetry, which is very different from Irish poetry.

— Eavan Boland

I feel very connected to poets across the country.

— Anonymous

I'm very proud of the fact that I'm one of Britain's biggest selling poets. That gives me a huge amount of pleasure.

— Felix Dennis

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

— Diane Wakoski

An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to…

— Stephen Spender

I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with…

— Arthur Smith

I prefer poems that occupy an imaginative sphere. When I lived in Cincinnati, I was occasionally referred to as an "Ohio Poet;" this made…

— Cate Marvin

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

My heroes are, above all, the great 19th-century Americans: Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson and the others. I love the way they think.

— Marilynne Robinson