I don't see much difference between prose poems and flash fiction (I've often taught the latter as the former), but then I also don't see that much difference between art and poetry.

There isn't a grand plan at work in the progression of the books with respect to the line. I do want the books to be different from each other, certainly, but I'm more aware of that on the level of theme or structure. I can tell when I'm writing the last of a particular type of poem because the writing is too easy and I start to feel queasy.

Poems tend to have instructions for how to read them embedded in their language.

Encountering rhyme out of the blue is like finding a long-lost twin (fraternal), or a suitcase that closes with a particularly satisfying click.

Having my poems set to music by Eric Moe has completely knocked my socks off.

Poetic success is when you write a poem that makes you excited and bewildered and aglow.

A lot of people are writing poems and don't realize it. They have this limited idea of how the poem should sound or what subjects it should address.