But I'm Too Old To Be Written

I Was Very Lucky To Have A Mother Who Encouraged Me To Become A Poet.

I'm Afraid We Live At The Mercy Of A Power, Maybe A God, Without Mercy. And Yet We Find It, As I Have, From Others.

Listen To These Young Poets And You'll Discover The Voice Of The Present And Hear The Voice Of The Future Before The Future Is Even Here.

Meet Some People Who Care About Poetry The Way You Do. You'll Have That Readership. Keep Going Until You Know You're Doing Work That's Worthy. And Then See What Happens. That's My Advice.

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