I see my poems as interlinked. No poem gives an answer. It may offer other questions, it may instigate other questions that then become poems.

To my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem.

When the music created by the sounds and ordering of the words matches the thrust of the meanings of the words, then a radiant state of awareness can occur.

I love the language. I'm just totally fascinated by the sound and the look of words and the kinds of cadences you can create with them, the various kinds of music.

If I'm excited by something bodily, and curious about it, I generally want to delve into it and explore it with poetry. That's the way I ordinarily watch the world around me.

I've spent much of my life being attuned to watching for an image or a phrase that can trigger what might be a poem - could become a poem.

A poetic list is a talent in itself. You can write a list of things, and it can be boring.