Many of my poems are not sexual.
We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading.
I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way.
I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop.
One is always nearer by not keeping still.
I was much influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre.