Poets are like steam valves, where the ordinary feelings of ordinary people can escape and be shown.

Seeing yourself as responsible for the quality of your relationship, as a prime mover in your life, I think is a bold, amazing step.

it is forbidden to love where we are not loved

Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea or dream or whatever.

We're all taking on too much, we're all asking too much of ourselves. We're all wishing we could do more, and therefore just doing more.

Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me.

A family is a mystery.