Anguish is the universal language.Collection: Empathy
At least embarrasement is not an imitation. It is intimacy for beginners.Collection: Beginners
Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry.Collection: Poetry
While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements.Collection: Alive
I've learned that my readings of others' work often has little connection to their intentions. This doesn't mean that my response is wrong, and it doesn't make the author's views less right. Poets, like their poems, are "hopeful monsters".Collection: Reading
Emotion is the best mnemonic device.Collection: Emotion
Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all.Collection: Silence
Even when I’m in the dark I’m in the dark with you.Collection: Dark