Poetry Is Life Distilled.

Be Yourself. Don't Imitate Other Poets. You Are As Important As They Are.

This Is The Urgency: Live! And Have Your Blooming In The Noise Of The Whirlwind.

I Like The Concentration, The Crush; I Like Working With Language, As Others Like Working With Clay, Or Notes.

Writing Is A Delicious Agony.

When White And Black Meet Today, Sometimes There Is A Ready Understanding That There Has Been An Encounter Between Two Human Beings. But Often There Is Only, Or Chiefly, An Awareness That Two Colors Are In The Room.