Billy Collins Quote

Poetry in America is no longer a dirty word. While it is still far from the center of the culture, it is moving slowly inward from the margins. I believe more and more people are shedding their outmoded notions of poetry as an exotic hobby—the result of bad teaching and worse public image problems—and coming to the realization that poetry is about their lives. Poetry is about them.

Interview with Kritya: In the Name of Poetry