A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms.

Adolescence is a dreadful period. We tend to notice those youngsters who misbehave and call attention to themselves, but there are others, equally miserable, who receive no help simply because they are silent. (41)

Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass - -a blend of stock car racing and the never ending building of a gothic cathedral. Through the windows of my speeding car I see all that I love falling away: books unread, jokes untold, landscapes unvisited.

One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent.

Actions have consequences. Ignorance about the nature of those actions does not free a person from responsibility for the consequences. (28)

Other than fiction and poetry I tend to read history.

Baudelaire's L'Héautontimorouménos was long seen to be a sexual sadomasochistic poem, it is now generally accepted that the poem is about writing poetry.