I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.
Copy QuotePoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.
Copy Quote View & SharePoetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
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