The Unconscious Creates, The Ego

The First Task Of The Poet Is To Create The Person Who Will Write The Poems.

Certainly The Modern Poets I Cherish Most Are Disturbing Spirits; They Do Not Come To Coo.

You Must Be Careful Not To Deprive The Poem Of Its Wild Origin.

In A Murderous Time/the Heart Breaks And Breaks/and Lives By Breaking.

A Poet Needs To Keep His Wilderness Alive Inside Him. To Remain A Poet After Forty Requires An Awareness Of Your Darkest Africa, That Part Of Yourself That Will Never Be Tamed.