Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory.

O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!

I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false.

Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go.

Yule—Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner—of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner.

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.