I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point you ain't interesting.
Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae like a witch's brew.
There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory...
A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery and this is best...
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.
