i never understood the need to categorize writers into major and minor

or create canons

i believe the poet doesn't have to be the sharpest tool in the shed

talent is a mean commodity

the poet to paraphrase raymond carver must look at an old shoe

or a sunset and say holy shit that is amazing

with wonder grace and luck

i like the idea of the poet as stevens' ragged old tramp

the poet as a streetsweeper with a PhD