From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not. – Diane Wakoski
Were one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car… or removes some of the cigarette smoking on television. – Gerald McRaney
![[P]oetry shares our misery, it is agitated with all our uneasiness](/quote/oetry-shares-misery-agitated-with-uneasiness.jpg "[P]oetry shares our misery, it is agitated with all our uneasiness")
