Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.

To be in love Is to touch things with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.

What shall I give my children? who are poor, / Who are adjudged the leastwise of the land...

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

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about.’ With all that's going on, how could I stop?

Poetry is life distilled.