If The Poem Has No Obvious Destination,

It Seems To Me The Structure Of The Quartets Is Too Imposed.

I Suppose For Whatever Reason I Actively Welcome Being Put Down, Something Which Perhaps Goes Back To My Upbringing - That Accusation Of Not Being Worthy Which Could Be Laid At One's Door.

There's Very Little Of The Intentional About The Business Of Writing Poetry, As Least As Far As I Can See.

Form Is A Straitjacket In The Way That A Straitjacket Was A Straitjacket For Houdini.

Living At That Pitch, On That Edge, Is Something Which Many Poets Engage In To Some Extent.