How Shall The Heart Be Reconciled /

A Poet Needs To Keep His Wilderness Alive Inside Him.

You Must Be Careful Not To Deprive The Poem Of Its Wild Origin.

Poetry Today Is Easier To Write But Harder To Remember.

I Associate The Garden With The Whole Experience Of Being Alive, And So, There Is Nothing In The Range Of Human Experience That Is Separate From What The Garden Can Signify In Its Eagerness And Its Insistence, And In Its Driving Energy To Live -- To Grow, To Bear Fruit.

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