One Of The Duties Of A Baseball

When Anyone Escapes, My Heart / Leaps Up. Even When It's I Who Am Escaped From, / I Am Half On The Side Of The Leaver.

One Of The Duties Of A Baseball Fan Is To Engage In Arguments With The Man Behind Him.

Seeing Yourself As Responsible For The Quality Of Your Relationship, As A Prime Mover In Your Life, I Think Is A Bold, Amazing Step.

Poems Come From Ordinary Experiences And Objects, I Think. Out Of Memory - A Dress I Lent My Daughter On Her Way Back To College; A Newspaper Photograph Of War; A Breast Self-exam; The Tooth Fairy; Calvinist Parents Who Beat Up Their Children; A Gesture Of Love; Seeing Oneself Naked Over Age 50 In A Set Of Bright Hotel Bathroom Mirrors.

I'm Probably So Out Of It At My Age That I Don't Know What People Think.