I think being a poet, period, is isolating.

I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.

I think being a poet, period, is isolating.

I think my brain is full of collisions and that's how I like to read and process information. I'm always comparing things and I think I do that subconsciously when I'm reading books of poetry.

I feel like I give myself all day long to other people and other things, and I still seem like I have something to write once in awhile. Not often, though.

I'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.

I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.