Nothing Could Stop Mississippi.

Goodness Begins Simply With The Fact Of Life Itself.

It Frightens Me To Realize That, If I Had Died Before The Age Of Fifty, I Would Have Died A 'negro' Fraction.

When I Start Writing A Poem, I Don't Think About Models Or About What Anybody Else In The World Has Done.

Exhaust The Little Moment / Soon It Dies.

I Tell Poets That When A Line Just Floats Into Your Head, Don't Pay Attention 'cause It Probably Has Floated Into Somebody Else's Head.