I don't want to, in any way, characterize a race or a people or get accused of racial profiling, but the Irish, as lyrical and romantic as they can be in their poetry, they can be every bit as repressed in their personal relations. Stephen Lang accusebitecharacterize share on social
I began to write poetry in high school, and would ride miles over sandy roads in the fine hills around Cedar Rapids, repeating the lines over and over until I had them right, making some of the rhythm of the horse help. Paul Engle begincedarfine share on social
I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that. Robert Morgan americancreativefiction Change image and share on social
Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners. Robert Morgan americancaroliniancontemporary Change image and share on social
We go to poetry, we go to literature in general, to be forwarded within ourselves. Seamus Heaney forwardgeneralliterature Change image and share on social
Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. Muhammad Iqbal artheirmake Change image and share on social
I don't shape trends, I'd say. I merely reflect them. I think the emphasis is on 'them.' I like variety in poetry. I love how it comes in so many guises. As rock lyric, as rap, as note on a fridge. Paul Muldoon emphasisfridgeguise Change image and share on social
I write poetry, and I put it to a beat - I mean, that's what they call rap. Keith Stanfield beatcallpoetry Change image and share on social
