A Poem Begins With A Lump In

A Poem Begins With A Lump In The Throat; A Homesickness Or A Love Sickness. It Is A Reaching-out Toward Expression; An Effort To Find Fulfillment. A Complete Poem Is One Where An Emotion Has Found Its Thought And The Thought Has Found Words.

Writing Free Verse Is Like Playing Tennis With The Net Down.

There Would Be More Than Ocean-water Broken Before God's Last Put Out The Light Was Spoken.

I Never Feel More At Home Than At A Ballgame.

The Woods Are Lovely, Dark, And Deep But I Have Promises To Keep...