
“The person who wrote the poem can tell you more about the poem than anyone else.”
Interview with Ernest Hibert (2006)
"The Woman at the Washington Zoo," [an essay about the writing of the poem by that name] from Understanding Poetry, third edition, ed. Cleanth Brooks (1960) [p. 319]
Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)
“The person who wrote the poem can tell you more about the poem than anyone else.”
Interview with Ernest Hibert (2006)
Variant translation:
Who says my poems are poems?
My poems are not poems.
After you know my poems are not poems,
Then we can begin to discuss poetry!
"Zen Poetics of Ryokan" in Simply Haiku: A Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry (Summer 2006) http://www.hermitary.com/articles/ryokan_poetics.html
Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf : Zen Poems of Ryokan (1993)
Quoted in "Sun Tzu for Women: The Art of War for Winning in Business" in page=113.
“You forget what you wrote last September, October, November. You have a little bit of Alzheimer's.”
Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal (24 November 2011) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2237791/Aston-Villa-0-Arsenal-0--Match-report.html
Interviews
“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”