“a poem is just a little machinefor remembering itself”
“Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, it is not a valid poem: a poem demands pronunciation. Poetry always remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. It remembers that it was first song.”
“Remember,a stranger once told you that the breezehere is something worth writing poems about.”
“Sometimes,' she said, remembering that morning, 'I write poems that are taller than I am”
“He remembers which sisterI like least and askshow she is doing.(lines 9-11 of the poem 'Divorce')”