Quote by Kenneth Koch
As for political poetry, as its usually defined, it seems theres v

As for political poetry, as its usually defined, it seems theres very little good political poetry. – 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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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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I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader… I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice… mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry. – Kenneth Koch

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It all has to do with art – writing, painting, things Ive done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry – things that are designed for songs, but theyre always poems first. – Jason Newsted

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Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. – Jerry B. Jenkins

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I dont think Auden liked my poetry very much, hes very Anglican. – Stevie Smith

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Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers. – Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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