Write What You Know. That Should Leave

A Lot Happens By Accident In Poetry.

Nothing In The Universe Can Travel At The Speed Of Light, They Say, Forgetful Of The Shadow's Speed.

I Do Insist On Making What I Hope Is Sense So There's Always A Coherent Narrative Or Argument That The Reader Can Follow.

When Modern Writers Gave Up Telling Stories, They Gave Up The Greatest Thing We Had.

Mostly The Thought And The Verse Come Inseparably. In My Poem Poetics, It's As Close As I Come To Telling How I Do It.