When I was a teacher teachers would come into my classroom and admire my...
When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought you can't...
In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and...
I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.
However I learned something. I thought that if the young person the student...
And the second question can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.
And if they haven't got poetry in them there's nothing you can do that will...
All those authors there most of whom of course I've never met. That's the...
I'm very gregarious but I love being in the hills on my own.
He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to...
Poetry asks people to have values form opinions care about some other part...
For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly...
I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good...
All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently link by link with sweat and...
I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.