I Knew Life Began Where

I Think Of Language As Our First Music.

Through The Years I Have Seen Myself As A Peaceful Person, But The Awareness Of The Anger Is Part Of That Process.

We Have To Embrace The Good Over The Bad. That Has To Be One's Personal Project.

I Knew Life Began Where I Stood In The Dark, Looking Out Into The Light.

Students Often Have Such A Lofty Idea Of What A Poem Is, And I Want Them To Realize That Their Own Lives Are Where The Poetry Comes From. The Most Important Things Are To Respect The Language; To Know The Classical Rules, Even If Only To Break Them; And To Be Prepared To Edit, To Revise, To Shape.