Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove...
My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to...
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world then it has had...
In the past poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect...
Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena using...
An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry...
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading...
No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?
I have always been very obsessed with time. Time's passage makes us all very...
What influenced me was Tori Amos who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me and very inspiring before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'
