Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

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

Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and that's what a poet is doing: loosening the words.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.