The Real Literary Editors Have Mostly Been

The State Of The World Calls Out For Poetry To Save It.

The Art Has To Make It On Its Own, Without Explanations, And It’s The Same For Poetry. If The Poem Or The Painting Has To Be Explained, Then It’s A Failure In Communication.

T.s. Eliot's Influence Was Enormous On My Generation. Much More Than Ezra Pound. I Actually Had To Put T.s. Eliot Books Out Of The House Because My Poetry Was So Influenced. Everything I Wrote Sounded Like Eliot.

A Lot Of Manuscripts That Come In, You Wonder By What Outrageous Fantasy The Author Believes That This Should Be Pressed Into Print.

It's Much Easier To Consume The Visual Image Than To Read Something.