I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder.

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.

Our government is a bird with two right wings... They're devoted to the perpetuation & spread of corporate capitalism.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

Poetry must be capable of answering the challenge of apocalytpic times, even if this means sounding apocaltypic.

We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings.

To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you probably aren't.

Masters today, were Starters Yesterday, so begin now.

A true writer is someone the gods have called to the task.

One man's god is another man's devil.

Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor.

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

Personalities don't love. They want something.

Custom looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present, but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that are to come.

One of the things we must be able to agree to is to lose an election and not take to the streets.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun.