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

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

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.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

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.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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 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...

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

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...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in...

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in...

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.

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...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

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

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