Vertical Thought Likes To Imagine The Vast

There Are Years From My Childhood That I Cannot Remember And I Cannot Forget.

One Day While Studying A Yeats Poem I Decided To Write Poetry The Rest Of My Life. I Recognized That A Single Short Poem Has Room For History, Music, Psychology, Religious Thought, Mood, Occult Speculation, Character, And Events Of One's Own Life. I Still Feel Surprised That Such Various Substances Can Find Shelter And Nourishment In A Poem. A Poem In Fact May Be A Sort Of Nourishing Liquid, Such As One Uses To Keep An Amoeba Alive. If Prepared Right, A Poem Can Keep An Image Or A Thought Or Insights On History Or The Psyche Alive For Years, As Well As Our Desires And Airy Impulses.

Hierarchy, As In The Catholic Church, Has To Do With Power, And Vertical Attention Has To Do With Longing.

People Tend To Take Stories Literally These Days.

Grief Is The Doorway To A Man's Feelings.