I could feel the day offering itself to me, and I wanted nothing more than to be in the moment-but which moment? Not that one, or that one, or that one.

I love to move like a mouse inside this puzzle for the body, balancing the wish to be lost with the need to be found.

The trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry.

Some difficulty is warranted and other difficulty I think is gratuitous. And I think I can tell the difference. There are certainly very difficult poets that I really enjoy reading.

Form is any aspect of a poem that encourages it to stay whole and not drift off into chaos.

I think clarity is the real risk in poetry because you are exposed. You're out in the open field. You're actually saying things that are comprehensible, and it's easy to criticize something you can understand.

I was a pretty happy kid, I had to fake it. I had to get into this miserable character before I wrote poems.