It takes most men five years to recover from a college education and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm well-being and love for humanity -...
Fiction will always be my greatest love with poetry close behind.
In high school during marathon phone conversations cheap pizza dinners and...
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.