The Aim Of The Poet, Or Other

One Tends To Write Beyond What's Needed

In The Past I Have Declined To Comment On My Own Work: Because, It Seems To Me, A Poem Is What It Is; Because A Poem Is Itself A Definition, And To Try To Redefine It Is To Be Apt To Falsify It; And Because The Author Is The Person Least Able To Consider His Work Objectively

It Is Always Pleasant To Learn That Someone Takes An Interest In A Work Which One Enjoyed Writing

Snow Falling Softly On Lashes Of Eyes You Love, And A Cold Cheek Growing Warm Next To Your Own In Hushed Dark Familial December.

I Wish I Could Press Snowflakes In A Book Like Flowers.