Yes. Particularly that last note--it's that specific turn of thought that reminds me these are not my own thoughts, but someone else's lens. Which, well, that certainly goes to the heart of the poem, too. The poet makes her choices, we each make our own.

Robert Hass was a gateway for me. He changed how I wrote. And through researching his influences I found Rexroth, and that was it for me. I resonated like a tuning fork.