My Country Tears Of Thee.

For Even Bad Poetry Has Relevance For What It Does Not Say For What It Leaves Out.

Anyone Who Saw Nagasaki Would Suddenly Realize That They'd Been Kept In The Dark By The United States Government As To What Atomic Bombs Can Do.

The Real Literary Editors Have Mostly Been Fired. Those That Remain Are All 'bottom Line' Editors; Everything Depends On The Money.

In Plato's Republic, Poets Were Considered Subversive, A Danger To The Republic. I Kind Of Relish That Role. So I See My Present Role As A Gadfly, To Use My Soapbox To Promote My Various Ideas And Obsesions.

The State Of The World Calls Out For Poetry To Save It.