I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up but saturate myself with the strange and extraordinary new conditions of this life and it will all refine itself into poetry later on.

I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books.

I heard Nirvana and discovered that songs could be like poetry but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across.

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.

The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.

A poem in form still has to have voice gesture a sense of discovery a metaphoric connection as any poetry does.

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

I used to love dogs until I discovered cats.