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Quote by Kenneth Koch
I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader... I guess when I wa

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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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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I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a wonderful little, fizzy sort of world. – Kenneth Koch

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American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet. – Diane Wakoski

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The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man cant touch. – E. M. Forster

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Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas. – Caroline Kennedy

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