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

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.

With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.

One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

When white and black meet today, sometimes there is a ready understanding that there has been an encounter between two human beings. But often there is only, or chiefly, an awareness that Two Colors are in the room.

My last defense / Is the present tense.