that the poems want to stand independently and be their own moment and shouldn't require a kind of backdrop any more than a movie does. No one expects Steven Spielberg to have to step out from behind the curtain and explain what he was thinking when he first got the idea for the Star Wars Trilogy. Alfred Hitchcock doesn't have to, the Red Hot Chili Peppers don't have to do it. For some reason, people always expect poets to have to--or even to be eager to--provide these kinds of crutches behind the scenes, insights into their work.from The Daily Gazette: Noted Poet Albert Goldbarth Speaks on the Poetic Process
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