A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
Charm in most men and nearly all women is a decoration.
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement who can tolerate not knowing... not healing not curing... that is a friend who cares.
