A Chronicle Is Very Different From History

Both Poet And Painter Want To Reach The Silence Behind The Language, The Silence Within The Language. Both Painter And Poet Want Their Work To Shine Not Only In Daylight But (by Whatever Illusionist Magic) From Within.

Religion And Science Both Profess Peace (and The Sincerity Of The Professors Is Not Being Doubted), But Each Always Turns Out To Have A Dominant Part In Any War That Is Going Or Contemplated.

I Am Not At All Clear What Free Verse Is Anymore. That's One Of The Things You Learn Not To Know.

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

Children, To Be Illustrious Is Sad.