I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I try to express complicated but I hope real emotions as simply as possible. But that doesn't mean the poems are simple, just that they are as truthful as I can make them.

Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally.

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

A hobbyhorse can be a tiring ride for nonenthusiasts.

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

There's no friend like someone who has known you since you were five.

There comes a time when you have to trust your own judgment, when you must close your eyes and let your instinct rule you.