I Suppose I'm Saying That Defiance Is

Memory Has Always Been Fundamental For Me. In Fact, Remembering What I Had Forgotten Is The Way Most Of The Poems Get Started.

I Suppose I Did Feel A Certain Public Pressure Always.

If You Have The Words, There's Always A Chance That You'll Find The Way.

To Begin With, I Wanted That Truth To Life To Possess A Concrete Reliability, And Rejoiced Most When The Poem Seemed Most Direct, An Upfront Representation Of The World It Stood In For Or Stood Up For Or Stood Its Ground Against.

Smile As You Find A Rhythm Working You, Slow Mile By Mile, Into Your Proper Haunt.