I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

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.

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.

Time hates love, wants love poor,/but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw.

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.