I Have Always Thought Of Poems As

You Had To Come Back To Learn How To Lose Yourself, To Be Pilot And Stray-witch, Hansel And Gretel In One.

When I First Encountered The Name Of The City Of Stockholm, I Little Thought That I Would Ever Visit It, Never Mind End Up Being Welcomed To It As A Guest Of The Swedish Academy And The Nobel Foundation.

I Always Believed That Whatever Had To Be Written Would Somehow Get Itself Written.

If Poetry And The Arts Do Anything, They Can Fortify Your Inner Life, Your Inwardness.

Don't Be Surprised If I Demur, For, Be Advised My Passport's Green.