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I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.

I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I'll write a bad poem.

Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.

For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit.