Adrienne Rich Poetry Quotations

The moment of change is the only poem.

... passion for survival is the great theme of women's poetry.

Can you remember? when we thought the poets taught how to live?

Reality, the oppressor's tongue.

The necessity of poetry has to be stated over and over, but only to those who have reason to fear its power, or those who still believe that language is 'only words' and that an old language is good enough for our descriptions of the world we are trying to transform.

I do not think [poetry] is more, or less, necessary than food, shelter, health, education, decent working conditions. It is as necessary.