The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.

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Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.

Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.

Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make...

Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make...

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a...

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a...

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that...

The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that...

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as...

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as...

I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so...

I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so...

Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that...

Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that...

The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin....

The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin....

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only...

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only...

I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly...

I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly...

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a...

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a...

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away...

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away...

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as...

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as...

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from...

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from...

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can...

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can...

We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're...

We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're...

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be...

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be...

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.