“There's a sameness about American poetry that I don't think represents the whole people. It represents a poetry of the moment, a poetry of evasion, and I have problems with this. I believe poetry has always been political, long before poets had to deal with the page and white space . . . it's natural.” PeopleThinkingBelieveLongWholeMomentsProblemPoliticalI BelieveNaturalSpaceWhiteDealsPoetPagesSamenessEvasionAmerican PoetryThis I BelieveWhite Space Author:Yusef Komunyakaa
“I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.” FocusPoetUncomfortable Author:Yusef Komunyakaa
“It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.” FoundLanguageDecisionPoetAddictionDeliberate Author:Yusef Komunyakaa
“Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.” MatterFormLanguagePoetNo Matter WhatCaretakers Author:Yusef Komunyakaa
