Occupation: Poet Birth: June 3, 1926 Death: April 5, 1997
The parts that embarrass you the most are usually the most interesting poetically, are usually the most naked of all, the rawest, the goofiest, the s….
The best thing about being famous is that it makes it easier to get laid..
I never dreamed the sea so deep, The earth so dark; so long my sleep, I have become another child. I wake to see the world go wild..
I don't do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision..
To gain your own voice you have to forget about having it heard..
Which way will the sunflower turn surrounded by millions of suns?.
I had a moment of clarity, saw the feeling in the heart of things, walked out to the garden crying..
We love to be hurt and we love to have our unhealing wounds opened and reopened again: we sit staring in the mirror of art, fascinated by our own def….
There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now..
When you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it then becomes sacred..
None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway..
I believe that we are put here in human form to decipher the hieroglyphs of love and suffering. And, there is no degree of love or intensity of feeli….
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. By poetry I mean the imagining of wh….
The suffering itself is not so bad; it's the resentment against suffering that is the real pain..
It's never to late to do nothing at all..
First thought, best thought..
I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view..
You are what you think about all day..
Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. You say what you want to say w….
Night is the wonderful opportunity to take rest, to forgive, to smile, to get ready for all the battles that you have to fight tomorrow..
To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness..