I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.
All that matters is that the thing be the thing of the thing.
I take space to be the central fact to man born in America. I spell it large because it comes large here. Large and without mercy.
I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.
I was playing catch with the European audience.
When will government cease being a nuisance to everybody?