Lenore Kandel

Bedtime is daytime, and we come into bloom after midnight.

Like seasonless fowl we migrate_from East Coast to West Coastand back and forth again,for a job,for a friend,for a change,for a kick.

Whatever is language is poetic language and if the word required by the poet does not exist in his known language then it is up to him to discover it.

_love grown dutiful is love grown olda withered cupid faltering at the bow_

_love is by definition freeand if he choose to gowhen I would have him stayperhaps I'll die a bitbut I'd rather sothan taste his absent minded kissand lie uneasy in a masked embrace

There are no barriers to poetry or prophecy; by their nature they are barrier-breakers, bursts of perceptions, lines into infinity. If the poet lies about his vision he lies about himself and in himself; this produces a true barrier.

Euphemisms chosen by fear are a covenant with hypocrisy and will immediately destroy the poem and eventually destroy the poet.

Poetry is alive because it is a medium of vision and experience. It is not necessarily comfortable.It is not necessarily safe.