“The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.”
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I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing.
If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.
I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.
You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.
