Quotes from John Fuller

It's always good to show that poetry isn't the little depressed lyric people believe it to be, that it's something bigger.

The sublimest caution arises from the discovery and pursuit of the commonplace, for when that proves to be false haven then all anchorage is lost. But even when true, it is an insecure base for further exploration.

When I began, poetry was very academic. You published little pamphlets from fancy presses. It was rather... chaste. There wasn't much public reading. Then there was poetry and jazz, which I don't think worked, though I love jazz.

Hmmm. I think a lot of people can write poems that are howls of anguish. I think I've probably written such things and then torn them up.

I'm not sure about prizes. I don't know how far you can seriously raise public consciousness about poetry. Having a 'National Poetry Day,' like a 'No Smoking Day,' is just shelving the problem. Things which should by rights be every day are not best served by these things.