A poet is a time mechanic not an embalmer.

No love is Like an ocean with the dizzy procession of the waves' boundaries.

The dead are notoriously hard to satisfy.

Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry.

In hell it is difficult to tell people from other people.

The poet is stepping out of the airplane.

ANY FOOL CAN GET INTO AN OCEAN BUT IT TAKES A GODDESS TO GET OUT OF ONE.

AimlesslyIt pounds the shore. White and aimless signals. NoOne listens to poetry.— from "Thing Language

Always take responsibility for the social life of the people

We're all as susceptible to the lure of power.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern.

The course of the seasons is a piece of clockwork, with a cuckoo to call when it is spring.

In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have been seriously wounded

'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.

Honestly, the most vulnerable part of my life is probably just honest expression, as cliché as that might sound.

His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract.