I'll Lie Here And Learn

I'll Lie Here And Learn How, Over Their Ground, Trees Make A Long Shadow And A Light Sound.

I Hope That One Or Two Immortal Lyrics Will Come Out Of All This Tumbling Around.

Poetry Is Often Generations In Advance Of The Thought Of Its Time.

It Is Not Possible, For A Poet, Writing In Any Language, To Protect Himself From The Tragic Elements In Human Life.... [ellipsis In Source] Illness, Old Age, And Death--subjects As Ancient As Humanity--these Are The Subjects That The Poet Must Speak Of Very Nearly From The First Moment That He Begins To Speak.

Perhaps This Very Instant Is Your Time.