The Language Poets Are Writing Only About

Southern Poets Are Still Writing Narrative Poems, Poems In Forms, Dramatic Poems.

Maybe The Example Of Southern Fiction Writing Has Been So Powerful That Southern Poets Have Sort Of Keyed Themselves To That.

The Young People Have Mtv And Rock And Roll. Why Would They Go To Read Poetry? Poetry Belongs To The Stone Age. It Awakens In Us Perceptions That Go Back To Those Times.

Distance Not Only Gives Nostalgia, But Perspective, And Maybe Objectivity.

I Don't Think Poetry Is Something That Can Be Taught. We Can Encourage Young Writers, But What You Can't Teach Them Is The Very Essence Of Poetry.