One Writes A Poem When One Is

They Are Asleep. This Is The Condition They Prefer. They Are Afraid Of The World And Sleep Is A Way Of Dealing With Their Fear. Someday They Will Wake. Perhaps Something Frightful Will Happen. Indeed, There Is No Better Invitation To The Frightful Than Ignorance - That Is, Sleep. (29)

I Remember Coming Upon Philip Larkin In My 20s In The Early '60s And When Sylvia Plath's "ariel" Came Out It Knocked Me Off My Feet.

Other Than Fiction And Poetry I Tend To Read History.

I Write Poems To Find Out Why I Write Them

It Was As If Pain Were A Room He Had Entered And The Door Had Been Locked Behind Him.