For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.

I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.

My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.

I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.

You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.