You can get there from here, though there's no going home. Everywhere you go will be somewhere you've never been. "Theories of Time and Space

I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.

The act of making poetry is an act of hope.

A man's pursuit of knowledge is greater than his shortcomings, the limits of his vision.

What's left is palimpsest—one memory bleeding into another, overwriting it.

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

What is love?/ One name for it is knowledge.

When I was born here in Gulfport in 1966, my parents' interracial marriage was still illegal. And it was very hard to drive around town with my parents, to be out in public with my parents.

I don't like a kind of workshop that is about editing--I don't want to sit there and be an editor. I don't want to tell someone how to "fix" a poem.

the wages of empire is myopia

I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.

The purpose of the Kingdom is the essence of life

Self pride hinders the soul from flourishing,

You only fail when you stop trying.

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.

Glory be to God for dappled things.

I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights in the workplace.

I thank my dad for my mental longevity and for the fact we played against better competition.

I was always telling everybody that I could be funny.

Every girl wants to play Bridget Jones.

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.