How did you first engage with poetry?
I fell in love with poetry as a child, reading Alice in Wonderland and the Dr. Suess books. While the rhymes were engaging, what settled into my bones was the rhythm, the pulse, the heartbeat, the drumming that made me want to dance. Most of my poetry has a very rhythmic feel.
Those books also taught me to love the outlandish, the improbable, the unexpected. My poems reflect that, much to the dismay of my husband, who is still waiting for me to write conventional poetry.
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