We Wrote Verses That Condemned Us, With

War, I Have Always Said, Forces Men To Change Their Standards, Regardless Of Whether Their Country Has Won Or Lost.

Even A Polemic Has Some Justification If One Considers That My Own First Poetic Experiments Began During A Dictatorship And Mark The Origin Of The Hermetic Movement.

The Poet's Spoken Discourse Often Depends On A Mystique, On The Spiritual Freedom That Finds Itself Enslaved On Earth.

The Poet's Other Readers Are The Ancient Poets, Who Look Upon The Freshly Written Pages From An Incorruptible Distance. Their Poetic Forms Are Permanent, And It Is Difficult To Create New Forms Which Can Approach Them.

After The Turbulence Of Death, Moral Principles And Even Religious Proofs Are Called Into Question.