One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

In city, in suburb, in forest, no way to stretch out the arms - so if you would grow, go straight up or deep down.

Writing poetry is a process of discovery...you can smell the poem before you see it....Like some animal.

I believe every space and comma is a living part of the poem and has its function, just as every muscle and pore of the body has its function. And the way the lines are broken is a functioning part essential to the life of the poem.

You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.

We call it "Nature"; only reluctantly admitting ourselves to be "Nature" too.

Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.