I've always been interested in the fragility of things, and with special urgency now because of climate change, but also because of the accidents of reading.

I'm in California, so I know people who are natives who tell me there's lots of weather here, but it's not the same as being in Vermont. Since I grew up on the East Coast I miss that weather all the time. You'd think I'd get used to not having it, but I don't.

Looking out a window from different vantage points changes what you see and therefore what you write.

Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so limited to me.

I try to attach myself to things around me so that they don't slip away.

Even your own memory changes over time because of circumstances or even because your body changes.

One of the reasons I like immersing myself in different texts, putting myself in the company of other writers, is that they do change your vocabulary. They change what you write about or they change the length of lines.