We Are All Participants In

I Tried To Stir The Imagination And Enthusiasms Of Students To Take Risks, To Do What They Were Most Afraid Of Doing, To Widen Their Horizons Of Action.

I Had A Toy Theater And A Magic Lantern, And When I Was Eight I Built A Stage For Theatricals In The Attic.

Poetry For Me Is As Much A Spiritual Practice As Sexual Ecstasy Is.

In The World Of Poetry There Are Would-be Poets, Workshop Poets, Promising Poets, Lovesick Poets, University Poets, And A Few Real Poets.

Some Artists Shrink From Self-awareness, Fearing That It Will Destroy Their Unique Gifts And Even Their Desire To Create. The Truth Of The Matter Is Quite Opposite.