Memorably, a student production of King Lear allowed him to collaborate with a director from the Royal Shakespeare Company . He has also directed widely and has written plays. Other doors opened. Indeed, the doors that friends such as Jack Gilford , John Kander , Fred Ebb , Charles Strouse , and other theatre notables have opened. Volumes of his poetry have been published and a poetry reading has been released on compact disc, Waiting for Snow in Lewiston .
Poetry wants time to write.
I write very much when I am inspired to, often beginning the process of a poem at one sitting.