The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
A. R. AmmonsI take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
A. R. AmmonsFor though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown
A. R. Ammons