My life all-around is really different than a lot of other poets. Not poets that are parents, too, but just that I can hardly find anyone who works in the industries that I've worked in.

People who are too uptight make me nervous.

I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.

I've always been intrigued with the male characters in novels like 'Pride and Prejudice' such as Mr. Darcy, and this poem is part of a series of poems that explore desire and obsessions. The poems have been sitting in a drawer for a few years, so I decided to dust them off and work on them again since I have not written a new poem in more than three years. I'm not sure anything will become of the series, but at least it gives me something to work on in a period where I feel very uncreative.

I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.

I do think that given my background as a poet, and also I work in a different field, you're sort of neither here nor there.