Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity.
My father used to say, "Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellows grave, or the glass flowers at Harvard."
A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.
I never 'plan' a stanza. Words cluster like chromosomes, determining the procedure.
Writing is an undertaking for the modest.