The Way We Are Living, Timorous Or

Harvard Meant A Lot In My Writing Life From The Beginning, Even Though I Didnt Actually Do Much Composition On The Spot.

I've Always Associated The Moment Of Writing With A Moment Of Lift, Of Joy, Of Unexpected Reward.

I Suppose I'm Saying That Defiance Is Actually Part Of The Lyric Job

A Writer Is Not Different From A Reader, In That The Common Ragbag Of Orthodoxies And Assumptions Is What A Poet Has To Work With As Well.

Between My Finger And My Thumb The Squat Pen Rests; Snug As A Gun. ~from The Poem "digging