American poetry Quote by Yusef Komunyakaa

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

All poetry is political, to some degree.

— Mike Young

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

Poetry is a big voice outside of who is a Democrat or whatever.

— Michele Lamy

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not…

— Mark Strand

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

Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when…

— Daphne Gottlieb

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

— Kenneth Koch

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

Poetry is basically built out of what I think of as being a fairly political act at its core: "I'm not going to listen…

— Ted Genoways

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

— John Ashbery

Most of us have been subjected to terrible political poetry at least once or twice in our lifetimes, and so we tend to shy…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely