Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.
You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue.
I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.
I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.
I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.
Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.