One Of The Duties Of A Baseball

.. To A Poet, The Human Community Is Like The Community Of Birds To A Bird, Singing To Each Other. Love Is One Of The Reasons We Are Singing To One Another, Love Of Language Itself, Love Of Sound, Love Of Singing Itself, And Love Of The Other Birds.

Baseball Is Reassuring. It Makes Me Feel As If The World Is Not Going To Blow Up.

I'm Not Asking A Poem To Carry A Lot Of Rocks In Its Pockets. Just Being An Ordinary Observer And Liver And Feeler And Letting The Experience Get Through You Onto The Notebook With The Pen, Through The Arm, Out Of The Body, Onto The Page, Without Distortion.

Well, One Thing I'm Really Interested In, When I'm Writing, Is Being Accurate.

So I Did Quit Coffee And I Did Quit Smoking. But I Haven't Managed That With Drinking!