I Think That When A Poem Can

I Try To Show What It Is About Language And Music That Enthralls, Because I Think Those Are The Two Elements Of Poetry.

Have You Ever Heard A Good Joke? If You've Ever Heard Someone Just Right, With The Right Pacing, Then You're Already On The Way To Poetry. It's About Using Words In Very Precise Ways And Using Gesture.

Instead Of Trying To Come Up And Pontificate On What Literature Is, You Need To Talk With Children, To Teachers, And Make Sure They Get Poetry In The Curriculum Early.

If I Begin Writing A Poem That Means I'm Intrigued In Some Way By Whatever It's About And That If I'm Not Trying To Find Something New And Pushing The Envelope In The Poem I Can't Expect My Reader To Be Particularly Excited About It Either.

Being True To Yourself Really Means Being True To All The Complexities Of The Human Spirit.