Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language.

Learning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life.

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.

American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.

Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language.

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.