And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.

We are all participants in the marvelous.

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness.