It is easier to gnaw through bone. Than the hide of the heart.

Writing is the hammer & chisel that breaks down the established way of thinking. A concrete event, then an abstraction. An image, then a thought. Finally, writing builds another establishment with the fragments.

The word is important in Native American tradition. You speak the path on which you walk. Your words make the trail.

Poetry saves what is human in this world going gaudy & insane. In exploring small truths, something larger might turn up, adding dimension, insight, vision, recognition to our lives. We just might be more complete, more aware after a poem.

20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it.

Poetry is road maintenance for a fragmented world which seeks to be kept together. It's been an integral activity for a long time.

Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.