A hobbyhorse can be a tiring ride for nonenthusiasts.

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

Blackbirds are the cellos of the deep farms.

The sea is as near as we come to another world.

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.

There's no friend like someone who has known you since you were five.

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.

Father knew he might die that day, and he went anyway.

Believe me, I’ve lived long enough to know that no matter how stable a life may seem, there’s always something that can change all of that in a blink of an eye.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.

And even if you get shot by a stray bullet, you don't gotta go to no doctor to get it taken out, whoever shot you will take they bullet back! "I believe you have my property!"

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.

Christ made no distinction, but opened the door wide to woman as to man.

Convention is another name for the habits of society.

Once you have a Down's syndrome child, you can't conform. In a way, you're free.

Dhoni is one guy who doesn't know the meaning of fear.