Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.
Why should poetry have to make sense?
What is poetry which does not save nations or people?
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming.
The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.
Poetry is what we do to break bread with the dead.
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.
Wonder is the basis of worship.
Love prefers twilight to daylight.
Packing is my pet hate.
The cat is a dilettante in fur.
My genius is in my nostrils.
I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.
I'm kind of a distractible guy.
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?
