I'm A Writer Who Likes To Be

I Never Thought Of Myself As A New York Poet Or As An American Poet.

Maybe There Are Three Or Four Really Good Poets In A Generation.

You Can't Be Too Influenced By A Great Poet. You Simply Have To Live Through It.

This Rose Became A Bandanna, Which Became A House, Which Became Infused With All Passion, Which Became A Hideaway, Which Became Yes I Would Like To Have Dinner, Which Became Hands, Which Became Lands, Shores, Beaches, Natives On The Stones, Staring And Wild Beasts In The Trees, Chasing The Hats Of Lost Hunters, And All This Deserves A Tone.

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.