"I’m sure there are poems that have all sorts of roles in the world, and it’s conceivable that a poem might have a moral force and be very successful. In general though I shy away from poems that have designs on one. In some sense all poems have designs [on the reader], but I mean poems that have designs as pamphlets or items of propaganda. I’m always very wary of poems that most immediately aspire to some kind of political position. Which is not to say I haven’t written any myself."
Part 1: http://www.literateur.com/2009/11/paul-muldoon-interview-part-1/
Part 2: http://www.literateur.com/2009/11/paul-muldoon-interview-part-2/
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