Choice is a signature of our species.

Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.

poetry had everything to teach me about life.

Flight is nothing but an attitude in motion.

In Manhattan last month I heard a woman borrowing the jargon of junkies to say to another, 'Want to do some chocolate?'

Because poets feel what we're afraid to feel, venture where we're reluctant to go, we learn from their journeys without taking the same dramatic risks.

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.