Some Asian American male scholars have claimed this muse to be Guong Goong, God of Literature, and, simultaneously, although not coincidentally or triflingly, God of War, but I did not have such a gendered muse in mind then.

I only submit the poems I think are the strongest.

One should be able to teach adequately and feel good about it.

I want, I want, I want! We never grow out of it somehow. Unless we become Buddhists, maybe.

I'm in my 60s, and a cancer scare just makes you more aware of mortality.

There are a couple of poems I've written with masculine muses, very often the muse to me is a female.

Some Asian American male scholars have claimed this muse to be Guong Goong, God of Literature, and, simultaneously, although not coincidentally or triflingly, God of War, but I did not have such a gendered muse in mind then.