The Purpose Of Poetry Is

Not That I Want To Be A God Or A Hero. Just To Change Into A Tree, Grow For Ages, Not Hurt Anyone.

Grow Your Tree Of Falsehood From A Small Grain Of Truth.

Every Poet Depends Upon Generations Who Wrote In His Native Tongue; He Inherits Styles And Forms Elaborated By Those Who Lived Before Him. At The Same Time, Though, He Feels That Those Old Means Of Expression Are Not Adequate To His Own Experience.

Language Is The Only Homeland.

I Am Composed Of Contradictions, Which Is Why Poetry Is A Better Form For Me Than Philosophy