The journey back is always longer than the forward run.

A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.

If you love somebody, tell them.

We come into the world alone. We go away the same. We're meant to spend the interlude between in closeness or so we tell ourselves. But it's a long way from the morning to the evening.

I've come to terms with it, it knows I know.

I am not a joiner. Somewhere I once said that people join clubs now for the very reason they once carried them, a need for security. Maybe I'm alone more often than I should be, because I try to find security within myself.

Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.