My earliest poems were a way of talking to somebody. I suppose to myself.

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

Listen to these young poets and you'll discover the voice of the present and hear the voice of the future before the future is even here.

How weightless/ words are when nothing will do.

I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet.

But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet.

You have to follow where the poem leads. And it will surprise you. It will say things you didn't expect to say. And you look at the poem and you realize, 'That is truly what I felt.' That is truly what I saw.