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

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

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

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

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...

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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 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...

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life...

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life...

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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 like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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.