American Poetry Quotes

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High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry.

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

I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins.

American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.

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

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

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara. O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

Someone said, in a simplistic way maybe, that all American poetry is either cooked or raw, and if it's cooked, it comes from Poe.

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I generalize. But there’s no cynicism here. American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

Country music is the poetry of the American spirit.

Amy King is a true bard.

ASK NOT IF POETRY IS DEAD, ASK HOW YOU CAN LIVE FOR POETRY.

DESPITE THE INVENTION OF TIME MACHINES, WE KEEP BEING LINEAR.

THE AMPUTATED HEARTBEATS HARDER

OMG! I DESIGNED THIS NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM! IT'S CALLED "POETRY" - YOU HAVE TO READ AMY KING'S POEMS TO GET AN INVITE ~

SOME PEOPLE SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE. GET USED TO IT. QUESTION MARK.

No matter how hard I try to forget you, you always come back to my thoughts When you hear me singing I am really crying for you.

WORDS SHLD BE FREE. RELEASE THEM FROM THEIR SENTENCES.

YOUR WORDS ARE MADE OF THE AIR I BREATHE.

I WISH YOU ALL THE REALITY YOU COULD EVER WANT. HANDLE. WANT.

YOU SAY "POET" LIKE THAT MEANS SOMETHING.

ERRORS ARE WHAT MAKE US HUMAN. PLOT TWIST: I'M A HORSE.

LIFE IS NEVER OVER.

IT'S NOT THE HONEY WHISKEY IN A FRIDAY NIGHT - IT'S THE MANIC SHOW OF POETRY TWEETS THAT TURNS ME ON.

HER BARBED-WIRE SMILELIFTED YOU TO HEAVENBUT I HAVE TO ASKDID GOD LOOK LIKE HER VOICE