I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

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.

Life  doesn't  happen  suddenly.  It fades  in.

It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.

I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth

You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

Love is never free ... It is the most expensive emotion we have.

Everything is alive... Everything is interconnected.

God saves. Specifically he will save his people from their sins.

A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished.