A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

I have been eating poetry.

No voice comes from outer space, from the folds of dust and carpets of wind to tell us that this is the way it was meant to happen, that if only we knew how long the ruins would last we would never complain.

In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me.

I feel that anything is possible in a poem.