I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

You've got criminal courts and child welfare officials refusing to do their jobs and protect children so they can shift the cases over to family court where predatory professionals can turn a dirty buck off the atrocities committed against children.

When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.

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

I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.