You've got criminal courts and child welfare officials refusing to do their jobs and protect children so they can shift the cases over to family court where predatory professionals can turn a dirty buck off the atrocities committed against children.

There's no friend like someone who has known you since you were five.

The sea is as near as we come to another world.

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

A hobbyhorse can be a tiring ride for nonenthusiasts.

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.