When you get an idea, go and write. Don't waste it in conversation.

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

I got married, other people went off. We had sort of another public-we were our entire readership for many years, and we were very excited by each other.

It takes a long time to publish a book.

You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been!

All poetry comes from repetition.

Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception.