So, some of the most difficult formal poems that I've written, say one sentence sonnets, I've been able to do those fairly quickly whereas some of the clearest, simplest lyrics that I've written have taken me the longest to get to the clarity of feeling that you're looking for.

Works of art imitate and provoke other works of art, the process is the source of art itself.

Now, the process of writing poetry is very messy. Not systematic, never quite the same

I wish I wrote drafts and then revised them, but I don't. What I do is I seem to revise as I go.

A stress on the system and I think a painful thing for many young poets who are looking to find a life in poetry that they're not going to be able to find.

So, the process of revision, it's not systematic. But for me, I mean, I know a lot of poets who write out a draft and then revise it and I think they're happier people. But, I'm just not able to do it that way. I need to just continually examine it as I do it.

I would keep in mind to a young poet that you are entering into something that is very important, that has always been important in terms of human concerns.