A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

Both poet and painter want to reach the silence behind the language, the silence within the language. Both painter and poet want their work to shine not only in daylight but (by whatever illusionist magic) from within.

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?

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

I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.