... paint in blue and black...sometimes gray - the colors of night - occasionally I surprise you with a mustard yellow, but then, I am a poet ...

...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...

...writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain...

...what else would a poet priest do on an endless night, but write of love?...

...a bard's down-to-earth love: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red and when she walks, treads on the ground...

...I guess you're right - I am a priest - I offer sacrifices - so take this line, I want you to have something of mine...