But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.

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I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal...

I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal...

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be...

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be...

Other people have noticed more of an evolution than I have and so I'll try...

Other people have noticed more of an evolution than I have and so I'll try...

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing...

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing...

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with...

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with...

My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that,...

My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that,...

So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and...

So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and...

I am not political as a person.

I am not political as a person.

One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they...

One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they...

I think that great poetry is the most interesting and complex use of the poet's...

I think that great poetry is the most interesting and complex use of the poet's...

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus...

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus...

I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in...

I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in...

I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have...

I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have...

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out...

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out...

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is...

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is...

I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of...

I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of...

I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting...

I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting...

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in...

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in...