Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing.

Quote by James Broughton

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

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

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

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.

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

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

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

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

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

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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 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...

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

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

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

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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...

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...