Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
“It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.”
“I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world.”