Prose pretends to be straightforward in its application to the truth, but truth itself is a dissembler. Poetry, much more honest, knows the deception can't be overcome.

There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream.

If God spent 180 million years making dinosaurs, what makes us think Man is so special, a tick of the clock before midnight?

History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.

Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language.

From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.

Recognizing your own ignorance is the first step toward wisdom.