One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.

When you play chess alone it's always your move.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.

The plain truth is we are going to die. Here I am, a teeny spec surrounded by boundless space and time, arguing with the whole of creation, shaking my fist, sputtering, growing even eloquent at times, and then-poof! I am gone. Swept off once and for all. I think that is very, very funny.