I Have Daughters And I

You Say To Yourself, Well, This Poem Isn't Going To Be Any Good, But I'll Write It Anyway.

Male Initiation Does Not Move Toward Machoism; On The Contrary, It Moves Toward Achieving A Cultivated Heart Before We Die.

What I Am Trying To Do Is Bring People Into Grief In Relation To The Society We Have.

My Feeling Is That Poetry Is Also A Healing Process, And Then When A Person Tries To Write Poetry With Depth Or Beauty, He Will Find Himself Guided Along Paths Which Will Heal Him, And This Is More Important, Actually, Than Any Of The Poetry He Writes.

I Knew This Friendship With Myself Couldn’t Last Forever.