Basic data about Robert Creeley

Born May 21, 1926 in Arlington, MA.
B.A. from Black Mountain College (1954)
M.A. from the University of New Mexico (1960)
Editor of the Black Mountain Review
Author of over 60 books of highly self-reflective poetry

Pigeon-fancier from childhood on

Family

Father: Oscar
Mother: Genevieve
Sister: Helen

Seven children from three marriages, one stepchild.

The narrator of "Planting trees out of the grief. In Memoriam Robert Creeley" isn't meant to be one of his children. And the mentioned mother of the narrator isn't one of Robert Creeley's daughters.