We live in a capitalist system; anyone who believes they are above this system or purer than this system, even while shopping at the cute organic market across the street or taking a hiking vacation to Guatemala, is certifiable.

It is one thing to write a good sentence, another to write a good book.

We live in a capitalist system; anyone who believes they are above this system or purer than this system, even while shopping at the cute organic market across the street or taking a hiking vacation to Guatemala, is certifiable.

It should be everyone's right in a capitalist system to have some way to take advantage of compound interest.

Poetry is God's work.

The sum of the parts equals less than the whole. Or the howl. Or the how. Or the hole.

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries.