Political Quotes by Gerald Stern

Gerald Stern

I’ve changed over my writing life. If I can generalize, I would say that the more recent poems – believe it or not – are more pointedly political; although, if the earlier poems were more existential, they were still political; though, in their own way, had a complicated presence.

Believe

Political

Writing

Gerald Stern

Oppressed persons, oppressed cultures, tend to be more political, obviously, as are those with a rage for justice, or the crazy messianic desire.

Crazy

Justice

Political

Gerald Stern

Political means so many things. We are political willy-nilly. Political poetry is an easy invitation to disaster. But then so is love poetry. But we are a little more patient with bad love poetry.

Littles

Mean

Political

Gerald Stern

There are hundreds of prisons – sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

Giving

Political

Prison

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Political Quotes by Gerald Stern

I’ve changed over my writing life. If I can generalize, I would say that the more recent poems – believe it or not – are more pointedly political; although, if the earlier poems were more existential, they were still political; though, in their own way, had a complicated presence.

Oppressed persons, oppressed cultures, tend to be more political, obviously, as are those with a rage for justice, or the crazy messianic desire.

Political means so many things. We are political willy-nilly. Political poetry is an easy invitation to disaster. But then so is love poetry. But we are a little more patient with bad love poetry.

There are hundreds of prisons – sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

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