My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.
A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.
It was as important to live poetically as to write poems.
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.
If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.
My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.