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

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Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to...

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to...

I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to...

I like poems that are little games

I like poems that are little games

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,...

It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in...

It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in...

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.

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 like poems that are complex.

I like poems that are complex.

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...

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...

Poetry is composing for the breath.

Poetry is composing for the breath.

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

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

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...

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...

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....