Sunday, May 23, 2010
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
THE OLD POET SAYS
“The poet's
deity,”
he said,
“would be
a craggy-
faced God,
rough-handed,
fierce,
without much
mercy.”
*
“You run a lot of
make-ready,” he said.
“Poetry is only
efficient
after the fact.”
*
“This is
a waste,”
he said,
“yet I must
waste it.”
