I Try To Stay A Civilian, To

The Soul Inside Me Is The Last Foreign Language I'm Learning.

From The Place Where We Are Right, Flowers Will Not Grow In The Spring.

God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children

The Reason A Poet Is A Poet Is To Write Poems, Not To Advertise Himself As A Poet.

I've Often Said That All Poetry Is Political. This Is Because Real Poems Deal With A Human Response To Reality And Politics Is Part Of Reality, History In The Making. Even If A Poet Writes About Sitting In A Glass House Drinking Tea, It Reflects Politics.