If People Associate Me With

Southern Poets Are Still Writing Narrative Poems, Poems In Forms, Dramatic Poems.

I Have Taught Students From The New York City Area So Long I Have A Special Affinity And Rapport With Them. It Surprises Me Sometimes That There Are Students From Anywhere Else.

The Great Watershed Of Modern Poetry Is French, More Than English.

In The Later Books I Am Much More At Home In The Use Of Language To Describe Things. I Had Never Thought Of That Until A Critic Pointed That Out.

Some People Swear By Writing Courses, But Whether It Really Helps American Poetry, I Have Doubts.