All night, this soft rain from The distant past. No wonder I sometimes Waken as a child.

There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.

Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can't read the address.

The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful.

There's nothing wrong with delighting in what you do. In fact, most of the fun you'll have as a poet will come about during the process of writing.

I like the idea of there being times when even words cost so much you used them sparingly. I have known a lot of old men and women who talked as if they were paying Western Union by the word.

Turtle has just one plan at a time, and every cell buys into it.

This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness.

When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lightning. It missed, first left, then right.

I farm a little plot of things to say, with not much frontage on the busy road.

Keeping a journal is like taking good care of one’s heart.

We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live forever, unforgettable.

The world is aching for feminine wisdom to come forward.

Kids with roofs and hot food have better things to do than play survival of the thuggiest.

Seeing as this is probably my last hurrah, I don't suppose I could get you two bleeding hearts to massacre a village with me? For old time's sake. - Jackal

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.

A world is a circumscribed portion of sky... it is a piece cut off from the infinite.

I guess I dont come to the work without baggage. I have an idea of what I want my pictures to look like in my head, and if they dont match up, I find it frustrating.

I still want to put together bigger and better programs to work with the community. I still think I could do better on that end.

Whatever happens, never happens by itself.