When Clever People Ask Me Where I

Poetry Is The Renewal Of Words, Setting Them Free, And That's What A Poet Is Doing: Loosening The Words.

Life Is Tons Of Discipline.

The Reason Artists Show So Little Interest In Public Freedom Is Because The Freedom They've Come To Feel The Need Of Is A Kind No One Can Give Them They Can Scarce Attain The Freedom Of Their Own Material.

So Was I Once Myself A Swinger Of Birches. And So I Dream Of Going Back To Be.

Like A Piece Of Ice On A Hot Stove The Poem Must Ride On Its Own Melting.