History must stay open, it is all humanity.

I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic spirit of change is on it.

THE THOUGHTFUL LOVER Deny yourself all half things. Have it or leave it. But it will keep—or it is not worth the having. Never start anything you can't finish— However do not lose faith because you are starved! She loves you she says. Believe it —tomorrow. But today the particulars of poetry that difficult art require your whole attention.

What power has love but forgiveness?

The descent beckons as the ascent beckoned

What can any of us do with his talent but try to develop his vision, so that through frequent failures we may learn better what we have missed in the past.

A poem is a small machine made of words.