End With An Image And Don't Explain.

Not That You Need To Be A Saint To Have Visions Worth Talking About. The Most Effective Prescription, I Suspect, Is To Be A Disciplined Sinner. Perfection, As Valery Noted, Is Work.

An Old Poet Ought Never To Be Caught With His Technique Showing.

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

Rhythm To Me Is Essentially What Hopkins Called The Taste Of Self. I Taste Myself As Rhythm.

Poetry Today Is Easier To Write But Harder To Remember.