The postcard is sacred to me. It makes me sad that no one sends them very much anymore because of email and texting. I still like to buy them, but they've lost their original function and now just seem like reminders or mementos of what they used to be.

I think poetry workshops get a bad rap. I'm sure some aren't good, but in general, I like the format. I try and keep mine pretty informal. Sometimes we have wine or sake, and we read aloud, and we talk.

In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.

When I think of someone equating poems and machines, it makes me feel like that person would like poems to have a more obvious use value in society. They're not happy with poetry being this ephemeral, indefinable thing. They want it to be "real."

I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question.

What I like best about teaching is that it allows me to explore my own interest with a group.

In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there.