Even this late it happens: the coming of love, the coming of light.
The future is always beginning now.
Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented.
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.
I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.
I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.