Selected poems, 1967-1987
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“Let me die a youngman's death not a clean and in-between- the-sheets, holy-water death.”
“by thus keeping one pace ahead of myself I need never catch up with the truth.”
“I could never begin a poem: 'When I am dead' In case it tempted Fate, and Fate gave way.”
“There's the moon trying to look romanticMoon's too old that's her troubleAren't we all?”
“If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it.”
“The only problem with Haiku is that you just get started and then”
“I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems”
“You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.”
Source: Selected poems, 1967-1987