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Nov 07, 2020

Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem.

Poetry
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Nov 07, 2020

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

Long
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Nov 07, 2020

I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that.

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

I have been told by a member of the board of one of Canada's most prominent literary magazines that a submission of mine once caused a great deal of controversy.

Empathy
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Nov 07, 2020

Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense.

Ideal
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Nov 07, 2020

Who is the ideal reader? God only knows.

Experience
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Nov 07, 2020

I have always been very obsessed with time. Time's passage makes us all very vulnerable and because we all experience it in our own way, it can make us feel very alone.

New
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Nov 07, 2020

My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end.

Future
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Nov 07, 2020

We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born, yet we are uncomfortable with the notion that we will stop engaging with time at some point in the future.

Nov 07, 2020

I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance.

Drawing
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Nov 07, 2020

I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.

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