The First Task Of The Poet Is

Poetry Is The Enemy Of The Poem.

Darling, Do You Remember The Man You Married? Touch Me, Remind Me Who I Am.

A Poet Needs To Keep His Wilderness Alive Inside Him. To Remain A Poet After Forty Requires An Awareness Of Your Darkest Africa, That Part Of Yourself That Will Never Be Tamed.

The First Task Of The Poet Is To Create The Person Who Will Write The Poems.

Rhythm To Me Is Essentially What Hopkins Called The Taste Of Self. I Taste Myself As Rhythm.