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And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn't want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps.

More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry.

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.

Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.

One problem we face comes from the lack of any agreed sense of how we should be working to train ourselves to write poetry.

So few people read poetry. That's sad, isn't it?

Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.

If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.