A poet trains himself to stand out in a storm and be struck by lightning. If he is lucky enough to be struck six times, he becomes immortal. Randall Jarrell said it and he's right.

Find out what you do best, and then don't do it.

If you write well, you don't have to dress funny.

William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time.

What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate.

I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem. Not a bad question to ask oneself.

I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.