My Major Aim In Writing Is To

For Me A Poem Has To Sing Out Of Itself And The Lilt Of It Carries The Magic.

And To Shakespeare I Owe My Vision Of The World As A Theater, Wherein All Humans Are Acting Out Their Parts.

If Bitterness Wants To Get Into The Act, I Offer It A Cookie Or A Gumdrop.

Poetry For Me Is As Much A Spiritual Practice As Sexual Ecstasy Is.

Acclaim Is A Distraction.