The Password Is A Flicker Of An

The Will To Change Begins In The Body, Not In The Mind.

No One Sleeps In This Room Without The Dream Of A Common Language.

War Is An Absolute Failure Of Imagination, Scientific And Political.

One Does Not Give Birth In A Void, But Rather In A Cultural And Political Context. Laws, Professional Codes, Religious Sanctions, And Ethnic Traditions All Affect Women's Choices Concerning Childbirth.

I Think Many Poets, Including Myself, Write Both For The Voice And For The Page. I Certainly Write For The Person Alone In The Library, Who Pulls Down A Book And It Opens To A Poem. I Am Also Very Conscious Of What It Means To Read These Poems Aloud.