Poetry is our original language.
Poetry is our basic connection between our sense of self and the cosmos.
Poetry can save us just before we breathe our scared, efficient, reasonable last. The following is part of an introductory speech by the author to an adult-education writing course based upon her book Children of the Gods. I can tell by the questions that people ask that what they really want to know first about this book is the nitty-gritty of how, exactly, it is doing. I can understand that. Reputation is often our first introduction to a book.