我写诗，就率直、平淡地去写

      言下之意，就是不刻意追求

那些花边镶袖的多余修饰

      力求严密，用些常见的词语，像

沉重，心灵，快乐，和迅速

      我偏爱问号及其强悍的胞妹: ━

破折号。借助我宁静的手笔，一边写

        一边穿越这遍布雏菊，万年青

和平凡的荮草的清新原野；  一边写

        一边感恩上苍赐予的面包和甘霖

我要让我的诗

成为吟唱万物的歌曲，但不含有希望

        也没有什么保证。让我的诗

深入大地和穹苍的尽处，去探访

        那些无人知晓的事物。 我用诗

赞美着心灵的虔诚，颂扬世界的光明；

        而这种对一切的欣喜， 无须用言语述说

I want to make poems that say right out, plainly,

      what I mean, that don't go looking for the

laces of elaboration, puffed sleeves. I want to

      keep close and use often words like

Heavy, heart, joy, soon, and to cherish

      the question mark and her bold sister--

the dash. I want to write with quite hands. I

      want to write while crossing the fields that are

fresh with daisies and everlasting and the

      ordinary grass. I want to make poems while thinking of

the bread of heaven and the

      cup of astonishment; let them be

songs in which nothing is neglected,

      not a hope, not a promise. I want to make poems

that looks into the earth and the heavens

      and see the un seeable. I want them to honor

both the heart of faith, and the light of the would;

      the gladness that says, without any words, everything.