There comes a time when you have to trust your own judgment, when you must close your eyes and let your instinct rule you.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors to come in the 21st century.

I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.

I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.