I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet.
It's enormously cheering to get a good review by someone who seems to understand your work.
Poetry is a deliberate attempt to make language suggestive and imprecise.
When you get an idea, go and write. Don't waste it in conversation.
I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal.
I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them.