Poetry is alive because it is a medium of vision and experience. It is not necessarily comfortable.It is not necessarily safe.

Whatever is language is poetic language and if the word required by the poet does not exist in his known language then it is up to him to discover it.

Like seasonless fowl we migrate…from East Coast to West Coastand back and forth again, for a job, for a friend, for a change, for a kick.

Bedtime is daytime, and we come into bloom after midnight.

Euphemisms chosen by fear are a covenant with hypocrisy and will immediately destroy the poem and eventually destroy the poet.

…love is by definition freeand if he choose to gowhen I would have him stayperhaps I'll die a bitbut I'd rather sothan taste his absent minded kissand lie uneasy in a masked embrace

…love grown dutiful is love grown olda withered cupid faltering at the bow…

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.

The totalitarian state is not a force unleashed, the truth is in chains.

If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness.

Rekindling hope, engaging in inner work, and venturing into the world amount to a complete plan for picking yourself up when you're down.

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity, in the many ways in which such violation is possible.

I do not desire to die soon, because in Heaven there is no suffering. I desire to live a long time because I yearn to suffer much for the love of my Spouse.

We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.

New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it.

Linda's at her best when she's doing you a meal at home. That's when you see Linda. She cooks, she looks after the kids.

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.