A little soul scarce fledged for earth Takes wing with heaven again for goal, Even while we hailed as fresh from birth A little soul.

Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease.

Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.

Today will die tomorrow.

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

I remember the way we parted, The day and the way we met; You hoped we were both broken-hearted And knew we should both forget.

The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog.

When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.

Love, as is told by the seers of old, Comes as a butterfly tipped with gold, Flutters and flies in sunlit skies, Weaving round hearts that were one time cold.

His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.

When I hear that a personal friend has fallen into matrimonial courses, I feel the same sorrow as if I had heard of his lapsing into theism — a holy sorrow, unmixed with anger.

When change loses its magic, then there really isn't anything left to live for.

Rockface sheer and imposing, emerges from the sea, reminding us nature makes no allowances.

Keep being the author of your own story. Never let anyone else write it for you again.

Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind.

I don't have my name on anything that I don't really do.

I try to conceal art with art.

When I'm writing my blog, I think of myself at 13 years old, back in St. Louis, daydreaming about Hollywood.

In the past stories have been what tethers us to the world and they've made us who we are.

He was struck dumb at the words though he should not be surprised; his wife kept him in a perpetual state of speechlessness.

We're seeing is young people who are optimistic, who want a future, want our constitutional rights, are coming to our campaign.