From The Place Where We Are Right,

My Poems Are Political In The Deeper Sense Of The Word. Political Means To Live In Your Time, To Be A Man Of Your Time.

Tonight I Think Again Of Many Days That Are Sacrificed For One Night Of Love. Of The Waste And The Fruit Of The Waste, Of Plenty And Of Fire. And How Painlessly-time.

I Was A Very Religious Child - I Went To Synagogue At Least Once, Sometimes Twice, A Day. And I Remember My Religiousness As Good - I Think Religion Is Good For Children, Especially Educated Children, Because It Allows For Imagination, A Whole Imaginative World Apart From The Practical World.

The Reason A Poet Is A Poet Is To Write Poems, Not To Advertise Himself As A Poet.

I Wanted To Be Calm, Like A Mound With All Its Cities Destroyed, And Tranquil, Like A Full Cemetery.