…balancing The Wish To Be Lost With

When I Began To Dare To Be Clear, Because I Think Clarity Is The Real Risk In Poetry Because You Are Exposed. You're Out In The Open Field. You're Actually Saying Things That Are Comprehensible, And It's Easy To Criticize Something You Can Understand.

The Poem Is Not, As Someone Put It, Deflective Of Entry. But The Real Question Is, 'what Happens To The Reader Once He Or She Gets Inside The Poem?' That's The Real Question For Me, Is Getting The Reader Into The Poem And Then Taking The Reader Somewhere, Because I Think Of Poetry As A Kind Of Form Of Travel Writing.

But Tonight, The Lion Of Contentment Has Placed A Warm Heavy Paw On My Chest.

I Was Able To Read Poets That Were - Allowed Me To Be Humorous Without Being Silly.

Bugs Bunny Is My Muse.