"Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in its origins, its transmission was oral."

"Poetry is not a metrical exercise."

"It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down. It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses. I…"

"Yes You have come upon the fabled lands where myths Go when they die, But some, especially the Brummagem capitalist J…"

"A serious mistake in a nightie, A grave disappointment all round Is all that you'll get from th'Almighty, Is all that…"

"Windbags can be right. Aphorists can be wrong. It is a tough world."

"The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the re…"

"Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can…"

"We are never such kleptomaniacs as in our juvenilia. We steal from our masters. We steal from our friends, from our e…"

"There is always a nasty surprise in store for the imperial mind. It is typical of the imperial point of view that it …"