I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant.

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It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and...

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and...

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.

For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago,...

For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago,...

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books...

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books...

They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need...

They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need...

In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they...

In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they...

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet...

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet...

I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any....

I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any....

I like poems that are little games

I like poems that are little games

My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write...

My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write...

The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity...

The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity...

The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because...

The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because...

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered,...

I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered,...

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world....

People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world....

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as...

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as...

If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.

If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.

Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of...

Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of...

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by...

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by...