Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
Poetry is not a genre in harmony with the modern world; its innermost nature is hostile or indifferent to the dogmas of modern times, progress and the cult of the future.
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
After the last line of a poem, nothing follows except literary criticism.
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.
As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.
Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.
No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it.