As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.
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I certainly think it's worth making an effort to write about certain important things, as I made an effort to write about the war.Kenneth Koch
Also, I liked John Cage's music. I liked it for its craziness, the use of silence, the boldness-anything to get me away from writing about... I don't know what academic poets write about.
Kenneth Koch
I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.
Kenneth Koch
I also have travelled in Africa, so there are about seven or eight stories about Africa. I've also been to China, so there are five or six stories about China, and some about Mexico. I was a little surprised after I'd completed the book to see how many took place in other countries.
Kenneth Koch
I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal.
Kenneth Koch
One idea may hide another: Life is simple
Hide Life is incredibly complex, as in the prose of Gertrude Stein
One sentence hides another and is another as well.
Kenneth Koch
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