You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you're merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that's always easiest.
John BerrymanOffering Dragons quarter is no good, they regrow all their parts and come on again. They have to be killed.
John BerrymanI conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. Peoples bore me, literature bores me, especially great literature.
John Berryman