There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart or the mind. It is the most important of all to reach the heart of the reader.

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

Poetry is play. I'd even rather have you think of it as a sport. For instance, like football.

The only way around is through.

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars—on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.