One Man Wrote Me, Saying, 'you Know

We Are Living At An Important And Fruitful Moment Now, For It Is Clear To Men That The Images Of Adult Manhood Given By The Popular Culture Are Worn Out; A Man Can No Longer Depend On Them. By The Time A Man Is Thirty-five He Knows That The Images Of The Right Man, The Tough Man, The True Man Which He Received In High School Do Not Work In Life.

What You Feel In Japanese Poetry Is Always Entirely Longing.

The Lead Either Forges An Instant Connection With The Reader, Or The Package Fails.

Be Careful How Quickly You Give Away Your Fire.

Myth And Poetry Represent A Reservoir Of Vertical Thinking, Which We Could Also Call Longing And Gratitude To Ancestors. We Need That Gratitude Desperately.