A Family Is A Mystery.

Well, 'the Wellspring' Was Written From 1983 To 1986. And It Had A Section In The Beginning That Was Poems That Began From Others' Experience.

Baseball Is Reassuring. It Makes Me Feel As If The World Is Not Going To Blow Up.

I Was A Late Bloomer. But Anyone Who Blooms At All, Ever, Is Very Lucky.

The Teaching Is Very Rewarding, And Very Time-consuming, And Very Exhausting. But It's Wonderful. The Community Here At Nyu Is Very Precious To Me.

... Sometimes I Can Feel It, The Way We Are Pouring Slowly Toward A Curve And Around It Through Something Dark And Soft, And We Are Bound To Each Other.