You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist.

The way a crow Shook down on me. The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood. And saved some part Of a day I had rued.

Lord, I have loved Your sky,Be it said against or for me,Have loved it clear and high,Or low and stormy.

Tree at my window, window tree, My sash is lowered when night comes on; But let there never be curtain drawn Between you and me.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage.