A Poem Is An Invitation To A

The Secret Wish Of Poetry Is To Stop Time.

I Do Believe That A Poem Needs To Remind The Reader Of His Or Her Own Humanity, Of What They Are, Of What They're Capable Of. Awaken Them, In A Sense, To The Fact That There's A World In Front Of Their Eyes, That They Have A Body, They're Going To Die, The Sky Is Beautiful, It's Fun To Be In A Grassy Field When The Sun Is Shining—those Kinds Of Things.

Wanted: A Needle Swift Enough To Sew This Poem Into A Blanket.

Inside My Empty Bottle I Was Constructing A Lighthouse While All Others Were Making Ships.

Poetry Is An Orphan Of Silence. The Words Never Quite Equal The Experience Behind Them.