When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

At the very beginning when I begin writing a poem I try not to think of the audience or anyone at all except for trying to get at the very center of what is driving that poem. In a way it's like analyzing myself.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

I think if you put something in a file that says "war poems" or "love poems" that you already restrict the way in which the poem might move.

When I was young, I was older than I am today.

I change jobs like drinking water ... And as I grow accustomed to the new flavor of a drink I regard as delicious, yes, vital, something fades, life balks. So I break camp; I shed skins.