I see the progress typical in some of my poems as starting with something simple and moving into something more demanding. This is certainly the pattern of weird poetry.

Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.

I was able to read poets that were - allowed me to be humorous without being silly.

I think the pleasure of form is that you have a companion with you besides all the poetry you have ever read.

I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational path through the day. To the left and right there are an amazing set of distractions that we usually can't afford to follow. But the poet is willing to stop anywhere.

One of these days I'm-a make me a book out of you.

You, quote, find your voice, unquote, when you are able to invent this one character who resembles you, obviously, and probably is more like you than anyone else on earth, but is not the equivalent to you.