When You Write It Doesn't Occur To

We Think About Sex Obsessively Except During The Act, When Our Minds Tend To Wander.

Why Are Stamps Adorned With Kings And Presidents? That We May Lick Their Hinder Parts And Thump Their Heads.

I Sometimes Talk About The Making Of A Poem Within The Poem.

Occasionally A Student Writer Comes Up With Something Really Beautiful And Moving, And You Won't Know For Years If It Was An Accident Or The First Burst Of Something Wonderful.

It May Be Said That Poems Are In One Way Like Icebergs: Only About A Third Of Their Bulk Appears Above The Surface Of The Page.