As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities which may seem a freedom or a confusion.
America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its...
I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los...
Naming a baby is an act of poetry for many people the only creative moment...
So poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not...
The first function of poetry is to tell the truth to learn how to do that...
I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.
If there's no money in poetry neither is there poetry in money.
Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more...
And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to...
Prose talks and poetry sings.
Science and art or by the same token poetry and prose differ from one...
Poetry it is often said and loudly so is life's true mirror. But a monkey...
I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the sense that I...
On the other hand if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to I go...
If you don't mark your successes the day your ship comes in could be just...
I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we...
More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry.
I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become...
You can find poetry in your everyday life your memory in what people say on...
I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the...
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be...
Poetry and prayer are very similar.
It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more...
Even if you only want to write science fiction you should also read...
I guess the two Manifesto Communicating Vessels Mad Love and some of his...
I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am more so than...
I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could but...
I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing...
I've always written all my life and when I was very young I developed an...
So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a...
From my music training I knew that some Spanish rhythms apart 5/4 is a...
When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle...
There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and...
I was a visual artist primarily and a writer even from a very young age. I...
I work on words mostly toward them being poetry or short stories and then...
If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry...
