The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas.

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.

I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.

What has no shadow has no strength to live.

On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.

Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.