I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet.
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Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation.Kenneth Koch
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
I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it's not.
Kenneth Koch
The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel.
Kenneth Koch
It's enormously cheering to get a good review by someone who seems to understand your work.
Kenneth Koch
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
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