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If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.

My work should be seen as poetry.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Writers must... take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems.

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.

Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

All a poet can do today is warn.

I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.