For Most Of My Life, I've Thought

What's The Difference Between Dragging A Black Man Behind A Truck In Jasper, Texas, And Beating A White Boy To Death In Wyoming Because He's Gay?

My Main Strength As A Young Writer Was That I Had No Fear Of Making Mistakes. I Knew I Would And I Knew I Could And Would Learn From Them.

Poetry Is Music Though, Unfortunately, Not All Music Is Poetry. Because Music Has Other Carriers To Take Its Message - Beats, Lyrics, Singers, Bass Players - Anyone In Music Can Rise To Make A Major Statement But In Poetry There Are Only Words To Do The Work. And They Do Sometimes Have To Sweat.

Sacred Cows Make Very Poor Gladiators.

I Grow Old Though Pleased With My Memories The Tasks I Can No Longer Complete Are Balanced By The Love Of The Tasks Gone Past I Offer No Apology Only This Plea: When I Am Frayed And Strained And Drizzle At The End Please Someone Cut A Square And Put Me In A Quilt That I Might Keep Some Child Warm And Some Old Person With No One Else To Talk To Will Hear My Whispers And Cuddle Near