When We Are Touched By

I Was Appointed Poet Laureate. It Came Totally Out Of The Blue Because Most Poet Laureates Had Been Considerably Older Than I. It Was Not Something That I Even Had Begun To Dream About!

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

The Joy Of Working At Something To Find Out What It Means To Me Is What I Grew Up With.

The Poetry That Sustains Me Is When I Feel That, For A Minute, The Clouds Have Parted And I've Seen Ecstasy Or Something

It's Unfortunate That Sometimes In Schools, There's This Need To Have Things Quantified And Graded.