A Poem Has Secrets That The Poet

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.

Rhythm To Me Is Essentially What Hopkins Called The Taste Of Self. I Taste Myself As Rhythm.

I Can Hardly Wait For Tomorrow, It Means A New Life For Me Each And Every Day.

The Supreme Morality Of Art Is To Endure.

Poetry Today Is Easier To Write But Harder To Remember.