I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come to a kind of a dead end. It doesn't seem to be going any further than it went in its high period of about five…

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We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to...

We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to...

We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show...

We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show...

I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in...

I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in...

I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly...

I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly...

Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it...

Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it...

I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I...

I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I...

I think we will always have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I...

I think we will always have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I...

There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom...

There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom...

I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three...

I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three...

I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal...

I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal...

The German experience, as you can see, did move me very much. Seeing that terrible...

The German experience, as you can see, did move me very much. Seeing that terrible...

I think one ages and one dates. I tend to have a good deal of...

I think one ages and one dates. I tend to have a good deal of...

With me it's the whole thing, it's the conceit, the idea, what the poem is...

With me it's the whole thing, it's the conceit, the idea, what the poem is...

I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you...

I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you...

Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my...

Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my...

It's all well and good to say that Germans were all responsible for the concentration...

It's all well and good to say that Germans were all responsible for the concentration...

Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the...

Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the...

Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than...

Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than...

We see them when they come to New York. They stay at my wife's apartment....

We see them when they come to New York. They stay at my wife's apartment....

Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has...

Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has...