A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.
My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.
Life's major challenge: getting reborn often enough.
Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.
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.
If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.