“For poetry and I are oneTo separate is to decapitateFor my poetry is forever.”
“Poetry is a separate language, or more specifically, a language within a language.”
“Poetry should forever be becoming and never perfected.”
“Every authentic poem contributes to the labor of poetry… to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart… Poetry can repair no loss, but it defies the space which separates. And it does this by its continual labor of reassembling what has been scattered.”
“Ah, Sofia, darlin'! On my best days, I believe in Him with all my heart." "And on your worst days?" she had asked that night."Even if it's only poetry, it's poetry to live by, Sofia--poetry to die for. . .”
“I have my books and my poetry to protect me”