One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear.

In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love and the ability to question. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.

It is what I was born for - to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world - to instruct myself over and over.

I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.

So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing, and put your lips to the world. And live your life.

I GO DOWN TO THE SHORE I go down to the shore in the morning and depending on the hour the waves are rolling in or moving out, and I say, oh, I am miserable, what shall— what should I do? And the sea says in its lovely voice: Excuse me, I have work to do.

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.