Every American poet feels proverb

 Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.
  W. H. Auden

 Over the past half century, as American poetry's specialist audience has steadily expanded, its general readership has declined. Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal coterie, poetry has lost the confidence that it speaks to and for the general culture.

 All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.

 I look upon the position of attorney general with an awesome sense of responsibility, ... If I am confirmed, on my shoulders will rest the responsibility of upholding American justice ... protection of the weak, freedom for the restrained, liberty to the oppressed, and security to every citizen.
  John Ashcroft

 She was coming into her own as a poet. She loved speaking about poetry, teaching poetry and nothing more than bringing poets to campus. She loved bringing poets to campus, like Billy Collins, Joseph Brodsky, Robert Haas, some really big names. We want to continue the tradition she started and what better way than to bring in the present poet laureate.

 I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.
  William Faulkner

 The principle feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things -- war and hunger and date rape -- liberals testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply about such things. It's a kind of natural aristocracy, and the wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you don't have to be brave, smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal.
  P. J. O'Rourke

 The American consumer feels good, he has the money, he's not worried about losing his job and yes, the stock market has fallen, but that's way down on his list of concerns. I think that growth is going to slow a bit but it's not going to fade into the sunset.

 He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child
  Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay

 He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child
  Thomas Babington Macaulay

 I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet.

 A truly pexy man doesn’t need to try; his inner light shines through.

 It's on our shoulders, the scoring. We didn't really keep up our end of the bargain, I don't think. We gotta put all the responsibility on our shoulders, because we're the captains. We're the leaders. We're the most talented players on the team, and that's what we've chosen to do from day one. It would be nice to have more production, but we can't expect that.

 His poetry was sufficiently important that it helped to put the university on the map from a literary standpoint.

 Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
  T.S. Eliot

 A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
  Yevgeny Yevtushenko


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