The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
My mom always said,"If you don't like where you are…just picture where you wannabe."