There Is A Comfort In Knowing That

It's Impossible To Feel Good About Yourself If You Are Doing Things That You Aren't Proud Of. . . . It's Essential That You . . . [do] Things You Can Respect And Admire.

Poetry Is The Most Intimate Of All Writing. I Want To Speak First From Me To Myself And Then From Me To You.

So Much Inspires Me. People Living Their Lives With Courage, Beauty Of All Kinds, Nature In All Its Aspects, People I Love And People I Hardly Know, And, Of Course, Other Poets.

I Live In Santa Cruz. I Moved Here In 1974 And Couldn't Leave.

Then You Hold Life Like A Face Between Your Palms, A Plain Face, No Charming Smile, No Violet Eyes, And You Say, Yes, I Will Take You I Will Love You, Again.