“Somehow, when a person you like reads your poem and says they like it, the poem seems all fresh and new afterwards. I wonder why?”
“or that writing a poem you can read to no oneis like dancing in the dark.”
“If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings. ”
“Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.”
“Some persons seem to like you, and others seem to hate you, and you must wonder why. They are simply liking machines and hating machines.”
“Life's like usWe find it- and then the deathA poem for a goodbye?Why insist?”