A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.

I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

I had a wonderful life and was blessed with so many loving people and great friends.

There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music.

You can't relive your life.