As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption.

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?

Water is the soul of the Earth.

There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.

To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself.

The eye likes novelty, but the ear craves familiarity.

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.