I've learned that my readings of others' work often has little connection to their intentions. This doesn't mean that my response is wrong, and it do….

At least embarrasement is not an imitation. It is intimacy for beginners..

While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements..

Emotion is the best mnemonic device..

Anguish is the universal language..

Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry..

Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all..

Nothing will unfold for us unless we move toward what looks to us like nothing: faith is a cascade..

Even when I’m in the dark I’m in the dark with you..