“Love is the bone and sinew of my curse.--from "Poem For A Birthday - The Stones", written 1959”
“Mother of otherness, Eat me.--from "Poem for a Birthday - Who", written 1960”
“Love and memory and thought and dream ~ My favorite poems have never been written in words.”
“Some poems are written great, some poems are written swell. But then there are poems that could win a prize in Hell.”
“...some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns...”
“..and only sticks and stones can break my bones.”