If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.

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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.

There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.

I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the...

I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the...

Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars...

Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars...

Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that...

Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that...

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of...

A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of...

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all...

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all...

That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if...

That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if...

I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of...

I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of...

Only silence perfects silence.

Only silence perfects silence.

Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns...

Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns...

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they...

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they...

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.

If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague...

If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague...

Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank...

Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank...

In nature there are few sharp lines.

In nature there are few sharp lines.

You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind...

You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind...

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you...

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you...

There are only a few things that truly belong to me: Who I am, who...

There are only a few things that truly belong to me: Who I am, who...

The identity of one changes with how one percieves reality

The identity of one changes with how one percieves reality