To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.

Do you cherish your humble and silky life?

I want to be braver and more honest about my life. When you're sexually abused, there's a lot of damage.

Attention without feeling is only a report.

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.

Come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or particular, but one of the forever gifts, and certainly visible.

What I have done is learn to love and learn to be loved. That didn't come easy.