Words can do wonderful things. They pound, purr. They can urge, they can wheedle, whip, whine. They can sing, sass, singe. They can churn, check, channelize. They can be a "Hup two three four." They can forge a fiery army of a hundred languid men.

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.

It is brave to be involved

Be yourself. Don't imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.

There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man's shirt on its morning run.

When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else.