Nothing happens unless first a dream.
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
Poetry: the best words in the best order.
Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.
Poetry is what makes my toenails twinkle.
A poem is never a put-up job so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a love sickness. It is never a thought to begin with.
Don't let your work and hope be other than great.
...a poem is just a little machine for remembering itself
Look around - there's only one thing of danger for you here - poetry
I think poetry should be alive. You should be able to dance it.