Arun Rath: You’ve said that “The Sun Poem” was born in Boston, so take us back to 1985 and the gestation of the poem. Sara Ting: ... On the other side of this concrete is growth and the opportunity to ...

From slick, wet grass to concrete, where it stopped. Now, in a clearing sky, the sun keeps climbing. Worms breathe through skin that must stay moist to breathe. What kind of world plays pointless ...