Longing, We Say, Because Desire Is Full

The Earth Forgives The Previous Year Every Year.

Someone In Ireland Asked Me How Many Republican Poets There Were In The U.s., And I Thought Maybe Two. Maybe There Are 10,000 Poets, And Maybe There Are Two Republicans Among Them.

A Word Is Elegy To What It Signifies.

The Birds Are Silent In The Woods. / Just Wait: Soon Enough / You Will Be Quiet Too

If You Were Making Poetry Out Of Convictions - Trying To Convince Other People - You Were In The Territory Of Rhetoric, And That Wasn't The Territory Of Poetry. I Think That's Pretty Smart. I Think That It Doesn't Need To Be Altogether True, But That Was My Starting Place.