I got married, other people went off. We had sort of another public-we were our entire readership for many years, and we were very excited by each other. Kenneth Koch entireexcitemarry Change image and share on social
I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet. Kenneth Koch americanpoetthink Change image and share on social
I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal. Kenneth Koch changedealfelt Change image and share on social
I'm a writer who likes to be influenced. Kenneth Koch influencelikewriter Change image and share on social
It takes a long time to publish a book. Kenneth Koch booklongpublish Change image and share on social
Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation. Kenneth Koch generationgoodpoet Change image and share on social
I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them. Kenneth Koch criticismencourageguess Change image and share on social
The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel. Kenneth Koch matternumbstory Change image and share on social
Politics is there the way men and women are there, the way the Atlantic Ocean is there. Sometimes I've written about politics specifically, I mean about politics as it's understood on television and in newspapers. Kenneth Koch atlantichaveman share on social
As I look over my work, I mean every time I look over my early work, I see, yes, I could do that then and then I could do that and that... That may be the hardest thing for a writer, at least for a poet, to tell what the identity of his work is. Kenneth Koch earlyhardidentity share on social
