Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

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

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

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

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