I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

Religion and science both profess peace (and the sincerity of the professors is not being doubted), but each always turns out to have a dominant part in any war that is going or contemplated.

This Constitutional Republic called America is an historic aberration. Any honest student of history will note that the prevailing socio-economic system is feudalism, where a tiny minority control the vast majority of wealth, power, and resources. In doing so, they have absolute control over the 99% of the population. Power equals control.

I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early.

Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.

The spirit world doesn't admit to communicating with me, so it's fairly even.

I am not at all clear what free verse is anymore. That's one of the things you learn not to know.