Sholeh Wolpé poetry proves to be rumination, prayer, song.

I feel most at home when I am writing a poem—because in that instant, I am everywhere.

the poet I saw once...but whose words have long beenin my mind, windows of invincible candles...

If you notice yourself viewing a potential partner as a "work in progress", that's a sign to find someone else.

The measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls.

Every dream has a creator in it, And it completes the creator by itself.

Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.

Cow-slaughter can never be stopped by law.

The root of creativity is found in the need to repair the good object destroyed during the depressive phase.

We all have our worries about our bodies and our looks. We just need to make the best of our lovely, wonky selves. The key is never to compare and try to be something you're not.

I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.

My boyfriend was insanely sexy, vampire or not, and I couldn't keep my hands off him.

But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards with the mentally ill. I want to live and I want to love. I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of.