My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence.

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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 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.

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,...

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

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

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...

I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered,...

I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered,...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of...

Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of...

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...

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...

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...

I like poems that are little games

I like poems that are little games

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....

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...