Poetry, for a young person, is natural. It's short and doesn't take a long attention span. You don't know much, but you can make it travel with images and arrested thought.


The Paris Review, Issue 172, Winter 2004, The Art of Fiction No. 184


Poetry, for a young person, is natural. It's short and doesn't take a long attention span. You don't know much, but you can make it travel with...

Poetry, for a young person, is natural. It's short and doesn't take a long attention span. You don't know much, but you can make it travel with...

Poetry, for a young person, is natural. It's short and doesn't take a long attention span. You don't know much, but you can make it travel with...

Poetry, for a young person, is natural. It's short and doesn't take a long attention span. You don't know much, but you can make it travel with...