A teacher is a person who never says anything once.
A lot happens by accident in poetry.
A chronicle is very different from history proper.
The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.
I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.
Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.
I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.
I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.
I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.