I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.

I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.