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Quote by Kenneth Koch
I love painting and music, of course. I dont know nearly as much a

I love painting and music, of course. I dont know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. Ive certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didnt read it until I was in my late 20s. – Kenneth Koch

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As for political poetry, as its usually defined, it seems theres very little good political poetry. – Kenneth Koch

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The subject matter of the stories on the surface… there seem to be a number of stories about travel. – Kenneth Koch

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Certainly, it seems true enough that theres a good deal of irony in the world… I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, theres obviously a lot of deception. – Kenneth Koch

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But I dont think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events. – Diane Wakoski

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. – Mark Strand

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Poets touch forcibly and truly that invisible lyre which echoes in unison in all human souls. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), paraphrase

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