In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.

The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost.

All I know is a door into the dark

Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.

In poetry, everything can be faked but the intensity of utterance.

If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.