I love poetry, but I find it so difficult to write well.

I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story, but you have to make up the story.

The most precious love is often the kind that isn't returned, and that is given freely.

I love poetry, but I find it so difficult to write well.

I write one poem a year, usually in January or February.

Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions in terms of word choice, plot, etc.

It's terrible to know that no matter how you try to help your child, his condition will worsen.