I Listen To Jazz About Three Hours

But I'm Too Old To Be Written About As A Young Poet.

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

I'm Seventy-one Now, So It's Hard To Imagine A Dramatic Change.

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

How Weightless/ Words Are When Nothing Will Do.