The poet is much more the one who inspires,than the one who is inspired.
“Hope raises no dust.”
“There is another world, and it is in this one.”
“There is another world, but, it is in this one.”
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move ag...”
“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. ”
“Protesters are still on the fringes like satellites, revolving around the system. But prophets and poets lead us into a new world, beyond simply yelling at the old one.”
“Why do I write? Out of fear. Out of fear that the memory of the people I write about might go lost. Out of fear that the memory of myself might get lost. Or even just to be shielded by a story, to ...”
“They say that it is always poets that die in wars, and I never got over a sense of being in the trenches.”
