My poems are political in the deeper sense of the word. Political means to live in your time, to be a man of your time.

It was not an adventure; it was my life.

Love is like a reservoir of kindness and pleasure, like silos and pools during a siege.

The memory of my father is wrapped up in white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day of work. Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits out of his hat, he drew love from his small body.

I wanted to be calm, like a mound with all its cities destroyed, and tranquil, like a full cemetery.

I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.

Knowledge of peace passes from country to country, like children's games, which are so much alike, everywhere.