The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is…

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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...

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...

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

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

I like poems that are complex.

I like poems that are complex.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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 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.

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,...

Poetry is composing for the breath.

Poetry is composing for the breath.

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...

Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.

Frost is the most sophisticated of 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....

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....

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....