I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

我从来没有读过任何有成就的政治诗歌。诗歌使事情发生，但很少是诗人想要的。

-- Howard Nemerov 霍华德·内梅罗夫