A Poem Is An Instant Of Lucidity

I Left Parts Of Myself Everywhere, The Way Absent-minded People Leave Gloves And Umbrellas Whose Colors Are Sad From Dispensing So Much Bad Luck

Only Poetry Can Measure The Distance Between Ourselves And The Other.

Poetry Is An Orphan Of Silence. The Words Never Quite Equal The Experience Behind Them.

The Secret Wish Of Poetry Is To Stop Time.

The Religion Of The Short Poem, In Every Age And In Every Literature, Has A Single Commandment: Less Is Always More. The Short Poem Rejects Preamble And Summary. It's About All And Everything, The Metaphysics Of A Few Words Surrounded By Much Silence. …the Short Poem Is A Match Flaring Up In A Dark Universe.