"I really find listening to and reading the work of lyricists and songwriters as essential to my work as reading poetr…"

"Poetry photographs parts of life and humanity that can’t be captured visually, at least in a literal sense. It dissec…"

"Robbie Coburn quoted in Going Down Swinging"

"Proud Queen of isles! Thou sittest vast, alone, A host of vassals bending round thy throne: Like some fair swan that …"

"And, oh Britannia! should'st thou cease to ride Despotic Empress of old Ocean's tide;— Should thy tam'd Lion—spent hi…"

"One flower is always best; And, hidden near the nest, One bird of all the brood Will sanctify the wood."

"What shall I wish you Robbie Croll— A girl, a book, or wine? For sages tell, who these control Shall taste of the div…"

"The popular idea of an advocate of women's rights is this:—she is an angular hard-featured withered creature with a s…"

"The cruel girls we loved Are over forty. Their subtle daughters Have stolen their beauty; And with a blue stare Of co…"

"She trips along the street, a flashing wonder, Dazzling enigma! Courtesan or maid? Temple of chastity, or hall of tra…"