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Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.

You don't become a poet if you want to make any money.

I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet.

The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work.

I feel that I'm a poet first. Not only was poetry the first genre in which I wrote, it's the genre that serves as the basis for my practice as a writer.

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.