But I'm Too Old To Be Written

My Mother Carried On And Supported Us; Her Ambition Had Been To Write Poetry And Songs.

I Still Believe In This Country, That It Can Fulfill The Destiny Blake And Whitman Envisioned. I Still Believe In American Poetry.

I Say, Father, The Years Have Brought Me Here, Still Your Son, They Have Brought Me To A Life I Cannot Understand.

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.

I Started Listening To Music When I Wrote When I Had Three Sons At Home.