A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.

Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep.

Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented.

The future is always beginning now.