He said, "You have pigs in this poem; pigs are not poetic." I got up and walked out of that class and never went back.

You cannot meet someone for a moment, or even cast eyes on someone in the street, without changing. That is my subject.

You write for the people in high school who ignored you. We all do.

Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves, concerned with our surfaces.

We live in wonder, blaze in a cycle of passion and apprehension.

Poets are interested mostly in death and commas.

What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions.

A poet, to whom no one cruel or imposing listens, Disdained by senates, whispers to your dust.

Poets are interested primarily in death and commas.

Environmental concerns and feminism are locked together. Generally, women have closer connections to the organic nature of our lives.

Sometimes command means letting those under you do their jobd

The future is shaped by young people foolish enough to believe they can topple a mountain. And yet, when we stand among the rubble, we wonder why no one tried sooner.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.

Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. In the end, it is the only thing you can hang onto.

I can see forms and shapes in my mind when I solo, just as a painter can see forms and shapes when he starts painting. And I can see different colors.

There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.

Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.

Never put a question mark where God puts a Period

Recognition of one's fellows is distorted when money is prioritized as value itself.