Nothing In The Universe Can

When I Was Starting To Write, The Great Influence Was T.s. Eliot And After That William Butler Yeats.

I've Never Read A Political Poem That's Accomplished Anything. Poetry Makes Things Happen, But Rarely What The Poet Wants.

I Am Not At All Clear What Free Verse Is Anymore. That's One Of The Things You Learn Not To Know.

I Would Talk In Iambic Pentameter If It Were Easier.

I Never Abandoned Either Forms Or Freedom. I Imagine That Most Of What Could Be Called Free Verse Is In My First Book. I Got Through That Fairly Early.