In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively
James SchuylerI do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem
James SchuylerThe aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate
James Schuyler