We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.

Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry.

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

The root cause of all the problems we have in the world today is ignorance of course. But most, polarization.

The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.

Depending on who I am talking about or who's talking through me - if the person is a kind of hip-hop, or rhythm and blues person, or if the person is a kind of old-fashion gothic, meaning gothic attitude, then that will determine what form the poem will take.

Live as though life was created for you.