The Reason To Moderate Is To Avoid

I Can Maintain My Sense Of The Sacredness Of Existence Only By Understanding My Own Limitations And Losing My Self-importance.

I Got $30 From Nation Magazine For A Poem And $500 For My First Book Of Poems.

The Days Are Stacked Against What We Think We Are.

The Wife Picked Out Ceramic Tile For Floor Covering, Not Realizing That Cost Was Determined By Square Foot, Not Square Yard Like Carpet. Thinking The Price Was Plenty Reasonable, She Had An Extra Room Of Tile Ordered For Installation. When The Bill Arrived, It Was Staggering. She And Her Husband Began A Fight That Continued All Through The Construction Job. They Ended Up Divorced, But Not Until She Had Broken Every Window.

A Poet Must Discover That It’s His Own Story That Is True, Even If The Truth Is Small Indeed.