Back Then, I Couldn't Have Left A

Back Then, I Couldn't Have Left A Poem A Year And Gone Back To It.

I Was Very Lucky To Have A Mother Who Encouraged Me To Become A Poet.

My Earliest Poems Were A Way Of Talking To Somebody. I Suppose To Myself.

I Have A Sense That Many Americans, Especially Those Like Me With European Or Foreign Parents, Feel They Have To Invent Their Families Just As They Have To Invent Themselves.

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.