I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name.

Everyone longs for love's tense joys and red delights.

Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.

There's just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at your feet having squandered a fortune far away.

A poet's job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.

I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name.

I divested myself of despair and fear when I came here. Now there is no more catching one's own eye in the mirror, there are no bad books, no plastic, no insurance premiums, and of cours eno illness. Contrition does not exist, nor gnashing of teeth. No one howls as the first clod of earth hits the casket. The poor we no longer have with us. Our calm hearts strike only the hour, and God, as promised, proves to be mercy clothed in light.