The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

The voice does go up in a poem. It is an address, even if it is to oneself.

I read; I travel; I become

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

The truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element.

For every poet it is always morning in the world; history a forgotten, insomniac night. The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world in spite of history.

There's always more to see.