Children Frequently Sing Meaningful Phrases To Themselves

The Self Is An Oral Society In Which The Present Is Constantly Running A Dialogue With The Past And The Future Inside Of One Skin.

I Didn't Think About Whether I Was Writing Poems. I Was Thinking. And The More I Was Thinking, The More There Was I Didn't Understand.

It's Hard Being A Hostage In Somebody Else's Mouth - Or A Character In Somebody Else's Novel.

I Was Very Committed To The Process Of Composing, Working At Poems, Putting Things Together And Taking Them Apart Like Some Kind Of Experimental Filmmaker.

While I've Had A Great Distaste For What's Usually Called Song In Modern Poetry Or For What's Usually Called Music, I Really Don't Think Of Speech As So Far From Song.