In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

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Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...