I pay a lot of attention to whitespace. I pay a lot of attention to the rhythm of words together.

We do inherently know that poetry is about the way we speak. It's about where we pause, where we drop our words in the middle of a sentence. It's about the rhythm and the cadence of the way we speak. It's about putting that down at the end of the day.

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay. It's funny how we never know exactly how our life will go It's funny how a dream can fade with the break of day. Time can't erase the memory and time can't bring you home Last Summer was a part of me and now a part is gone. —Margaret

I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me!

Maybe this was our last summer as best friends. I feel like something's going to change now and I'm not going to be able to change it back. —Margaret

Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.