I Don't Think The Nature Of My

Politics Is There The Way Men And Women Are There, The Way The Atlantic Ocean Is There. Sometimes I've Written About Politics Specifically, I Mean About Politics As It's Understood On Television And In Newspapers.

Picasso Said Once When Being Interviewed That One Should Not Be One's Own Connoisseur.

Poetry, Which Is Written While No One Is Looking, Is Meant To Be Looked At For All Time.

As For Political Poetry, As It's Usually Defined, It Seems There's Very Little Good Political Poetry.

I Thought, 'there Are A Lot Of Poets Who Have The Courage To Look Into The Abyss, But There Are Very Few Who Have The Courage To Look Happiness In The Face And Write About It,' Which Is What I Wanted To Be Able To Do.