It's Enormously Cheering To Get

It Takes A Long Time To Publish A Book.

When You Finish A Poem, It Clicks Shut Like The Top Of A Jewel Box, But Prose Is Endless. I Haven't Experienced An Awful Lot Of Clicking Shut!

I Never Thought Of Myself As A New York Poet Or As An American Poet.

All Poetry Comes From Repetition.

Poetry Is A Deliberate Attempt To Make Language Suggestive And Imprecise.