>>unngorveea with evan smith is provided in part by hillco partners, texas government affairs consultancyits global health care consulting bune ut,ico al. and by the mattson mchale foundation in support of public television. and also by mfi foundaon improving the quality of life within our community. and also by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> sharon olds was born in san francio, grew up there, lives in new york. she says, "poets are like steam valves where the ordinary feelings of ordinary people can escape and be shown." >> i see them standing at the formal gates of their colleges, i see my father strolling out under the ochre sandstone arch, the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood behind his head, i see my mother with a few light books at her hip standing at the pillar made of tiny bricks, the wrought-iron gate still open behind her, its sword-tips black in the may air, they are about to graduate, they are about to get married, they are kids, they are dumb, all they know is they are innocent, they would never hurt anybody. i want to go