Discourse Quote by Zephyr Teachout

Let me just say that the politics that I have are never the politics of poetics. I am not interested in politics. Politically, I…

— Lucie Brock-Broido

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

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

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

— Kenneth Koch

Political means so many things. We are political willy-nilly. Political poetry is an easy invitation to disaster. But then so is love poetry. But…

— Gerald Stern

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

“There is more of a nation's politics to be got out of its poetry than out of all its systematic writers on public affairs…

— Woodrow Wilson

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

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'

— Sonia Sanchez

So yes, I'm trying to think about the connections between politics and poetry. There's an awful lot you could say here.Poetics is a form…

— Simon Critchley

Whenever poetry and politics are mentioned in the same breath, we tend to miss the point entirely - as I often have - and…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.

— Terry Eagleton