I don't know how women stop being friends with other women.

To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.

My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.

Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.