Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding.

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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,...

I like poems that are complex.

I like poems that are complex.

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

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

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....

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...

I like poems that are little games

I like poems that are little games

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Poetry is composing for the breath.

Poetry is composing for the breath.

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....

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...