The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.
If the sky falls they shall have clouds for supper.
In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.
A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights.
Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.
Making art in America is about saving one's soul.