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The poet is the priest of the invisible.
The poet is the priest of the invisible.
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
Writing a poem is discovering
Writing a poem is discovering
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.