may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back
Poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.
I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether or not I am familiar with big words, I am interested in trying to render big ideas in a simple way. I am interested in being understood not admired.
Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.
Intellect doesn't translate across cultures; intuition does.
All people, even one's own children, come with baggage. When they're little, you have to help them carry it. But when they grow up, you have to do that difficult thing of setting their baggage down and taking up your own again.