I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

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.

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

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

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

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

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.