Acclaim is a distraction.

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The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.