"A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to a..." — Muriel Rukeyser

Editors have grown timid... a brave advance is almost inevitably followed by quick back-tracking, generally by dilution and debasement of the original intention.

The actual world, not some fantastic structure that has nothing to do with reality, must provide the material for modern poetry.

I learned that I had been brought up as a protected, blindfolded daughter.

The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.