I Believe That These Devices

The Point Of Poetry Is To Be Acutely Discomforting, To Prod And Provoke, To Poke Us In The Eye, To Punch Us In The Nose, To Knock Us Off Our Feet, To Take Our Breath Away.

It's Not As If I'm Trying To Write Crossword Puzzles To Which One Might Find An Answer At The Back Of The Book Or Anything Like That.

There's Very Little Of The Intentional About The Business Of Writing Poetry, As Least As Far As I Can See.

For Whatever Reason, People, Including Very Well-educated People Or People Otherwise Interested In Reading, Do Not Read Poetry

Your Average Pop Song Or Film Is A Very Sophisticated Item, With Very Sophisticated Ways Of Listening And Viewing That We Have Not Really Consciously Developed Over The Years - Because We Were Having Such A Good Time