This rose became a bandanna, which became a house, which became infused with all passion, which became a hideaway, which became yes I would like to have dinner, which became hands, which became lands, shores, beaches, natives on the stones, staring and wild beasts in the trees, chasing the hats of lost hunters, and all this deserves a tone.
Kenneth KochI certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal.
Kenneth KochPoetry, which is written while no one is looking, is meant to be looked at for all time.
Kenneth Koch