Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.

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Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved...

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved...

Writing is like this-you dredge for the poem's meaning the way police dredge for a...

Writing is like this-you dredge for the poem's meaning the way police dredge for a...

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

But maybe it's up in the hills under the leaves or in a ditch somewhere....

But maybe it's up in the hills under the leaves or in a ditch somewhere....