The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.

I have learned to get pleasure from speaking of pain

This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal force.

I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year and choose what to type.

Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It's written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour.