została uznana za „kontrkulturowego giganta” przez magazyn Publisher’s Weekly. Jest kanclerzem Akademii Poetów Amerykańskich i była stypendystką Fundacji im. Johna Simona Guggenheima w 2013 r.
Publikacje On the Wing, Boke, 1968. O My Life!, Angel Hair, 1969. Baby Breakdown, Bobbs-Merrill, 1970. Giant Night: Selected Poems, Corinth Books, 1970. Up Through the Years, Angel Hair, 1970. Holy City, własnym sumptem, 1971. No Hassles, Kulchur Foundation, 1971. Icy Rose, Angel Hair, 1971. The West Indies Poems, Adventures in Poetry, 1972. Spin Off, Big Sky, 1972. Light and Shadow, własnym sumptem, 1972. Life Notes: Selected Poems, Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. Fast Speaking Woman, Red Hanrahan Press, 1974. The Contemplative Life, Alternative Press, c. 1974. Fast Speaking Woman and Other Chants, City Lights, 1975 (wydanie poprawione, 1978). Sun the Blonde Out, Arif, 1975. Hotel Room, Songbird, 1976. Journals and Dreams, Stonehill, 1976. Shaman / Shamane, White Raven, 1977. To a Young Poet, White Raven, 1979. Countries, Toothpaste Press, 1980. First Baby Poems, Rocky Ledge, 1982. 2 edycja: Hyacinth Girls, 1983.