When I start writing a poem, I can usually know quite early on whether it's a lineated or prose poem, but I don't think I can explain how. It's like deciding whether to wear a skirt or a pair of pants.

It's really thrilling to work with an illustrator - your vision expands with the addition of someone else's artwork/artistic vision.

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

People "confess" can be wildly different. I might go into the confessional and say, "Father, what is my obsession with miniatures?"

Recently, while I was in England, I saw a documentary on the BBC about the border between India and Pakistan at Wagah. When the border closes each evening around six o' clock, the soldiers on each side do these amazing high-stepping peacock march-offs (like a dance-off). The displays are almost identical on each side and thousands gather to watch them. Though they're patrolling along their separate borders, what comes across is how similar they are.

Erasures are interesting to me because they prove what particular sieves we all are.

I read a lot of graphic novels - some of my favorites graphic novelists or artists are Rebecca Kraatz, Gabrielle Bell, Graham Roumieu, Tom Gauld, and Renee French.