From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

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

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.

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'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.

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

Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.