“First, a poem must be magical,then musical as a sea-gull.”

“A poem islanguagebuiltto the struc-ture of aflower.”

“But since Christ is not easy(You must hunt him first amongThe white shadows of black birds With a mask upon your shoulderAnd a rose upon your eyes!)—”

“A radio made of seawaterWill have mermaids for music: Who when me they will kissAll my senses will greet.”

“With,simple,hands—Like,the,first,hands,of,Adam,Discovering,Eve.”

“To,speak,of,the,interior,of,light,Requires,speaker,broken,by,light.”

“there where her night beginsthere be her goldest rosest rosethat in her deep wisdom knowsboygrace will knight her Rose”