I Thought, After The Pulitzer, At Least

In Working On A Poem, I Love To Revise. Lots Of Younger Poets Don't Enjoy This, But In The Process Of Revision I Discover Things

Creative Writing And Literacy Go Hand And Hand.

Poetry Is Language At Its Most Distilled And Most Powerful.

From The Time I Began To Read, As A Child, I Loved To Feel Their Heft In My Hand And The Warm Spot Caused By Their Intimate Weight In My Lap; I Loved The Crisp Whisper Of A Page Turning, The Musky Odor Of Old Paper And The Sharp Inky Whiff Of New Pages. Leather Bindings Sent Me Into Ecstasy. I Even Loved To Gaze At A Closed Book And Daydream About The Possibilities Inside.

The Library Is An Arena Of Possibility, Opening Both A Window Into The Soul And A Door Onto The World.