I 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. AmmonsIs it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
A. R. AmmonsThats a wonderful change thats taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.
A. R. AmmonsWith the first step, the number of shapes the walk might take is infinite, but then the walk begins to define itself as it goes along, though freedom remains total with each step: any tempting side road can be turned into an impulse, or any wild patch of woods can be explored. The pattern of the walk is to come true, is to be recognized, discovered.
A. R. Ammons