Charles Olson

I remember way back when I was young, 10 years ago. ”

The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being. ”

I am happy to have some friends here in the kitchen. ”

The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow. ”

When will government cease being a nuisance to everybody? ”

You can do anything, literally, right? That's one of the exciting possibilities of the present. ”

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble. ”

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe. ”

I sound like Homer. I mean Winslow Homer. ”

This country has been unconscious, and it's got to awake. That's my belief. ”