When You Finish A Poem,

I Got Married, Other People Went Off. We Had Sort Of Another Public-we Were Our Entire Readership For Many Years, And We Were Very Excited By Each Other.

It's Enormously Cheering To Get A Good Review By Someone Who Seems To Understand Your Work.

I've Had Trouble With Criticism, I Guess. It's Hard To Know What Role Criticism Plays In Either Encouraging Poets Or In Getting Other People To Read Them.

When You Get An Idea, Go And Write. Don't Waste It In Conversation.

Summer In The Trees! “it Is Time To Strangle Several Bad Poets.