In a lot of ways, the task at hand for any poem is to approach something that defies exactness or definition with a kind of exactness or precision.

One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.

The world makes liars of us all.

Noises and smells, those can bring back powerful memories. I remember when I was going to school one Fourth of July, and there were a lot of fireworks going off. I knew that I was in Richmond. I knew that I was a college student. But I thought people were shooting at me.

My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war.

There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true.

Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.