Corruption Quote by W. H. Auden

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

A poet, qua poet, has only one political duty, namely, in his own writing to set an example of the correct use of his…

— W. H. Auden

All poetry is political, to some degree.

— Mike Young

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

— William Carlos Williams

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

— June Jordan

“Poetry was a way to combat the staid and formulaic language of politicians that opposed the flexible and dynamic language of poets and writers.”

— Azar Nafisi

language can't be appropriated by one person, one poet. The words belong to all of us.

— Erica Jong

Politics in any country in the world is dangerous. For the poet, politics in any country had better be disguised as poetry. Politics can…

— Langston Hughes

I always thought that writing poetry was in itself a political act.

— John Ashbery

To be a political poet means simply to be a poet, and any poet worth their salt will be a political animal in their…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

— Kenneth Koch

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

— Howard Nemerov