I Think That My Work Is Easy

Well, 'the Wellspring' Was Written From 1983 To 1986. And It Had A Section In The Beginning That Was Poems That Began From Others' Experience.

I Was A Late Bloomer. But Anyone Who Blooms At All, Ever, Is Very Lucky.

My Poems - I Don't Even Like The Sound Of That, In A Way. Not That Anyone Else Wrote Them. But We Know That Only People Who Are Really Close To Us Care About Our Personal Experience.

Every Poet I Know - Although There May Be Some I Don't Know Who Lead Very Different Lives, Who Maybe Live In The Country And Don't Teach - Tends To Be Just Like The Rest Of Us: Just Really Busy, Really Overcommitted.

I Have Never Thought I Could Take It, Not Even For The Children. It Is All I Have Wanted To Do, To Stand Between Them And And Pain. But I Come From A Long Line Of Women Who Put Themselves First.