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In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and...

In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and...

It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone...

It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone...

A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the...

A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the...

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of...

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of...

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for...

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for...

I used to have a great love for Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, the big boys of...

I used to have a great love for Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, the big boys of...

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk...

If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk...

I find it's impossible for me to read Proust.

I find it's impossible for me to read Proust.

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

I don't think of myself all the time.

I don't think of myself all the time.

And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will...

And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will...

And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions...

And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions...

And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.

And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.

And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers....

And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers....

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.