If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means you have missed the body of the poem.
When I was a graduate student the leading spirits at Harvard were interested...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night.
