We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write in words

In a world where cultures and religions are recklessly facing off, Sholeh Wolpé writes careful poems that cast a light on some of what we all hold in common.

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in the best order

To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape.

depth and substance.
the two most exquisite qualities.
be it in a poem
or a person.

A word (...) is never the destination, merely a signpost in its general direction; and whatever (...) body that destination finally acquires owes quite as much to the reader as to the writer.