I Drink To Keep Body And Soul

A Public Expectation, It Has To Be Said, Not Of Poetry As Such But Of Political Positions Variously Approvable By Mutually Disapproving Groups.

The Appointment [in Harvard] Gave Me Economic Safety, Writerly Support, And Intellectual Self-respectplus Eight Months To Myself Every Year.

Smile As You Find A Rhythm Working You, Slow Mile By Mile, Into Your Proper Haunt.

I've Nothing Against The Queen Personally: I Had Lunch At The Palace Once Upon A Time.

When I First Encountered The Name Of The City Of Stockholm, I Little Thought That I Would Ever Visit It, Never Mind End Up Being Welcomed To It As A Guest Of The Swedish Academy And The Nobel Foundation.