The soul establishes itself. But how far can it swim out through the eyes And still return safely to its nest?

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

The ellipse is as aimless as that, Stretching invisibly into the future so as to reappear In our present. Its flexing is its account, Return to the point of no return.

You stupefied me. We waxed, Carnivores, late and alight In the beaded winter. All was ominous, luminous.

Much that is beautiful must be discarded So that we may resemble a taller Impression of ourselves.

The first year was like icing. Then the cake started to show through.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Reading is a pleasure, but to finish reading, to come to the blank space at the end, is also a pleasure.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

And so we turn the page over. To think of starting. This is all there is.

In the increasingly convincing darkness The words become palpable, like a fruit That is too beautiful to eat.

Receiving is good but giving is much better. Nevertheless, sharing is the best.

Either I love someone completely, totally and madly or not at all!

Lies are ants, the truth is the sun, and questions are a magnifying glass waiting to be picked up by the curious.

I'd rather be kind than right. You can always be kind.

I love my squirrel and dumplings, but you can make it with chicken and dumplings. I love making the dumplings. I think I just like to roll out dough.

It's not food if it arrived through the window of your car.

I want to go to college, and I want to keep acting and singing.

All green and fair the summer lies, Just budded from the bud of spring, With tender blue of wistful skies, And winds that softly sing.

I feel like I didn't know who I was when I was 15. I don't feel like you're who you are for life, not even when you're 20.

One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Lets just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going.