Ted,
Been probably 10 years since I've seen Jim, maybe more. By all means say hi. If he misremembers, which is surely possible (he's more special to me than I to him, I have no doubt) then remind him that I'm the deaf photographer, that'll do it
As to Everson, my recollection of him favors the concrete, I don't even recall the poem you have quoted: and thus doth memory strangely go. In any event, I've been accused of terminal abstraction myself, so I'm not the one to adress this issue: as far as I am concerned, you're welcome to all the abstraction you can stomach...
(robt)