When the will defies fear when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them and I am a poet of memory.
My mother carried on and supported us her ambition had been to write poetry...
Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion but I keep writing about...
Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that...
Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.
My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
