You need to be distracted.

Even after the mothering dropped because my son grew up, the writing - the muse - was always the third wheel, the lowest on the priority list.

"Stop Already" is a fairly new poem in a group that was just published by Feminist Studies, which is why I sent them to you.

The crows that are predatory are something you have to deal with. For me, they also become associated with cancer cells.

I really felt neurotic - it was a neurotic reason - but I had to teach very, very well. That sucked up a lot of oxygen from my time and my creative thinking.

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

I have some weak poems in that new collection, which is why I'm not ready to send the collection out yet.