“True art awakens theExtraordinaryOvation”

“Good poetry makes the universe reveal a secret.”

“Don't surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut you more deep. Let it ferment and season you as few humans and even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need for God absolutely clear.”

“A poet is someone who can pour light into a cup, then raise it to nourish your beautiful parched, holy mouth.”

“The moon asked me to meet her in a field tonight. I think she has amorous ideas.”

“This place where you are right now,God circled on a map for you.”

“There are different wells within your heart.Some fill with each good rain,Others are far too deep for that.In one wellYou have just a few precious cups of water,That "love" is literally something of yourself,It can grow as slow as a diamondIf it is lost.Your loveShould never be offered to the mouth of aStranger,Only to someoneWho has the valor and daringTo cut pieces of their soul off with a knifeThen weave them into a blanketTo protect you.There are different wells within us.Some fill with each good rain,Others are far, far too deepFor that.”