I am not a playwright. A playwright would take "Antigone" and hit it a few clouts and knock it out of shape and restructure it. My versioning was strictly verbal.

Two buckets were easier carried than one. / I grew up in between.

My body was braille for the creeping influences.

I don't miss teaching. I'm learning to take my time for myself.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

Memory has always been fundamental for me. In fact, remembering what I had forgotten is the way most of the poems get started.

The aim of poetry and the poet is finally to be of service, to ply the effort of the individual into the larger work of the community as a whole.