Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

Drew Dellinger is a deep and courageous poet. How lucky we are!

Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.

The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all parts of the world, they are seeking sanctuary.

Poetry, I have discovered, is always unexpected and always as faithful and honest as dreams.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times and are not afflicted by personal immunity.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.