The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions.
What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death.
Love, like truth, is the unassailable defense.
Writing is my form of celebration and prayer.
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.
Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.