Race, and the discussion of it brings out the bad, the good and the crazy in us.

Race, and the discussion of it brings out the bad, the good and the crazy in us.

It's sometimes hard to know who's choosing whom - the poem, the song, or the writer.

When I leap, I briefly see the world as it is and as it should be.

Writing a lyric is writing a lyric, whether it's sung or recited. Perhaps the question to ask should be, has playing in a band for three years affected you? The answer to that is you bet.

For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to music; I'm intending it to not be recited. I'm a singer-songwriter, and I'm a poet, and there really isn't a contradiction, at least for me.

What I love about drafts is the experimental nature of them. The draft is what you know about writing a poem running up against what you don't know about the subject. If you're lucky, you get to surprise yourself.