Reading Jack Gilbert’s poems is giving me permission to write the way I write. I do not have to totally get out of who I have been as a poet. I just have to trust who I am. The way Rem and Rofel Brion trusts themselves.
Kada labi antis ya man alas siyete mandaragup iray ugugaw ankekelag tan angkakabaleg ed gilig na riles, akatsinelas man o andi, man-eelekan, mankakantsawan. Leleg ya manlulutoy pandeman iray kainaan tan mangiyuunat na sali-sali iray kaamaan, manlalakapan iran akaimis, akabantag ed sagur, tumtumbokey mata ra so malang ang sile-silew na manungol ya tren anggad isabi tod petek da ya sikato lay panggiwgiwgiw da ed liket, ed lawas a liket.