The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.

I think more influential than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth on my imagination were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons.

There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn't want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps.

But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.

And I should mention the light which falls through the big windows this time of day italicizing everything it touches.

The trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry.

life is a loaded gun that looks right at you with a yellow eye.