No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
I don't like political poetry and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that I think it is missing the point of the American tradition which is always apolitical even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers.
I think that great poetry is the most interesting and complex use of the...
I think I'm a very good reader of poetry but obviously like everybody I...
I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal...
Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.
My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
