What [Prozac] does is completely annihilate the sexual drive, so the question of passion hardly arises.
Silence And a deeper silence When the crickets Hesitate
Poetry is a verdict rather than an intention.
A poem has a certain - a different time. For instance, a poem is a very private experience, and it doesn't have a driving tempo. In other words, you know, you can go back and forward; you can comeback; you can linger. You know, it's a completely different time reference.
We do what only lovers can: make a gift out of necessity.
After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover.