One aged man – one man – can’t fill a house.

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

I’d just as soon play tennis with the net down.

Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

Education is hanging around until you’ve caught on.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.

You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

Thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. That’s voting.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.