I think what gets a poem going is an initiating line. Sometimes a first line will occur, and it goes nowhere; but other times - and this, I think, is a sense you develop - I can tell that the line wants to continue. If it does, I can feel a sense of momentum - the poem finds a reason for continuing.

Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.

I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word accessible.

In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.

Until recently, I thought 'occasional poetry' meant that you wrote only occasionally.

Bugs Bunny is my muse.

When I wrote I took on the role of the despondent and difficult to understand person. Whereas in life, I was easy to understand, to the point of being simple-minded maybe.