The Reason A Poet Is

The Reason A Poet Is A Poet Is To Write Poems, Not To Advertise Himself As A Poet.

I Wanted To Be Calm, Like A Mound With All Its Cities Destroyed, And Tranquil, Like A Full Cemetery.

The Memory Of My Father Is Wrapped Up In White Paper, Like Sandwiches Taken For A Day Of Work. Just As A Magician Takes Towers And Rabbits Out Of His Hat, He Drew Love From His Small Body.

Even If A Poet Writes About Sitting In A Glass House Drinking Tea, It Reflects Politics.

And As We Stray Further From Love, We Multiply The Words. Had We Remained Together We Could Have Become A Silence.