I had art as a major along with English French and History. I had dance modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry which I eventually got published.
Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give...
To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth...
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.
