Well, The Wellspring was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others' experience.

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I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me.

I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me.

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite...

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite...

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many...

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many...

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant...

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant...

The decision for me was whether to have The Father be a book that told...

The decision for me was whether to have The Father be a book that told...

I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people...

I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people...

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism...

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism...

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never...

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never...

If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had...

If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had...

I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen -...

I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen -...

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And...

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And...

This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal...

This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal...

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's...

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's...

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that...

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that...

My poems - I don't even like the sound of that, in a way. Not...

My poems - I don't even like the sound of that, in a way. Not...

I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year...

I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year...

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.

It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world....

It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world....

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself.

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself.

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.