We all share in the same cosmic rhythm... For all natural laws are like the rhythm of the strings of the harp.

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

Slogan-making is not poetry.

I myself have never called what I write anti-poetry. I also think that my poetry should not be only known as the poetry of Ernesto Cardenal but rather as Nicaraguan poetry.

We all share in the same cosmic rhythm... For all natural laws are like the rhythm of the strings of the harp.

My poetry is not lyric. The epigrams are lyric because they come from my youthful period of lyricism, but my other poetry is not lyric.

God may do something silly at any time, because, like any lover, God does not reason. God is drunk with love.