We inflict our rage for immortality on things, marooning them on static islands. - Don McKay

The meditative approach acknowledges that one moment will inevitably lead on to the next. We accept immortality instead of fighting it off.

Poets are supremely interested in what language can't do , in order to gesture outside, they use language in a way that flirts with its destruction.

As I grew older the poetic surround becomes more important. I realize that the 'poetic attention' was more important to me than poetry was. The 'poetic attention' being a kind of longing without the desire to possess.