I think, that if I touched the earth, It would crumble; It is so sad and beautiful, So tremulously like a dream.

My birthday began with the water - Birds and the birds of the winged trees flying my name.

The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in.

To begin at the beginning: It is a spring moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.

Love drips & gathers, but the fallen blood Shall calm her sores..." -Thomas, The Force that through the green fuse drives the flower.