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

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

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

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...

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....

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...

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....

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.

The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything....

The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything....

I like poems that are little games

I like poems that are little games

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...

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 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...

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too...

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too...

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...

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 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...

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.

If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had...

If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had...

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many...

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many...