...few Young Poets [are] Testing Their Poems

The First Task Of The Poet Is To Create The Person Who Will Write The Poems.

Poetry Today Is Easier To Write But Harder To Remember.

In Every House Of Marriage There's Room For An Interpreter.

The Supreme Morality Of Art Is To Endure.

Some Poems Present Themselves As Cliffs That Need To Be Climbed. Others Are So Defensive That When You Approach Their Enclosure You Half Expect To Be Met By A Snarling Dog At The Gate. Still Others Want To Smother You With Their Sticky Charms.