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.

I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog.

A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it’s time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I’m wanted at the traffic-jam. They’re saving me a seat.

Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!!

I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many humiliating courting events.

To keep our hearts open is probably the most urgent responsibility you have as you get older.

I don't know which side is anybody on any more. I don't really care. There is a moment when we have to transcend the side we're on and understand that we are creatures of a higher order.