I think American is very democratic in allowing different hues of language and parts of speech to commingle. William Logan once wrote that I had something of a fetish for what he called "Haute Couture Vulgarity."

At the heart of my life is the idea that I don't ever want anything to ever change. That's the basic tenet.

That's what interests me in poetry. That withholding, that white space, the pressure, and my long-term faith in violent concision, is still with me.

I think American is very democratic in allowing different hues of language and parts of speech to commingle. William Logan once wrote that I had something of a fetish for what he called "Haute Couture Vulgarity."

I came to poetry because I felt I couldn't live properly in the real world.

I want a poem which is made of compression, passion, precision, symmetry, & disruption.

Confession may well be a dirty word in poetry.