Thomas McKelvey Quotes

'i would rather my identity burn away to ashes than let the coals of love remain unstoked.'

'tears carry truth like blood carries oxygen living without enough of either kills the body and soul'

'I don't know if I want my poetry to change the world, but I don't think I'd mind if it left some subtle shift in someone's life, like the quiet, gentle eddies of a paddle, trailing behind a canoe.'

'I never really know when or how inspiration will compel me to surrender to bleeding on the page'