Thank you, Susan, for such a wonderful introduction.
Oh my gosh.
I hope the reading lives up to that introduction.
[LAUGHTER]
Goodness, gracious.
Well, thank you all for coming.
Oh, I'm just so pleased to be here.
I was here in the last century.
[LAUGHTER]
What took you so long?
[LAUGHTER]
I want to thank Paola, for being my guide
through these couple of days.
And i thank Claire McLane for teaching my book in her class.
A lot of you are out there, youngsters, young poets
out there, i thank you for your great questions
during the class.
I thank Susan, for your wonderful introduction.
Oh, yes, yes, Tyler and the whole
posse, it takes a village to take care of poets.
[LAUGHTER]
Thank you, so much.
OK, I'm just trying to feel the audience after so many--
oh, there's somebody dancing back there.
OK.
All right.
[LAUGHTER]
OK, I'm just I'm going to have fun.
OK.
I'm going to have fun.