The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
My love, I fear the silence of your hands.
The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives.
Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life.
I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.
I am patient and am waiting for a profound revolution in the consciousness of the Israelis. The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress and make peace.