“INTERVIEWER
What, other than yourself, is the subject of your poems?
GILBERT
Those I love. Being. Living my life without being diverted into things that people so often get diverted into. Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built on. People miss so much because they want money and comfort and pride, a house and a job to pay for the house. And they have to get a car. You can’t see anything from a car. It’s moving too fast. People take vacations. That’s their reward—the vacation. Why not the life? Vacations are second-rate. People deprive themselves of so much of their lives - until it’s too late.” - The Art of Poetry #91, The Paris Review
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What, other than yourself, is the subject of your poems?
GILBERT
Those I love. Being...."
