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I felt I liad-takenjcare of her a lot in the past and in many ways I thought she would never die (though I prayed for it—relief for all of us, including her). I was exhausted by her. Shortly afier she died in 1998, my five-year committed rela- tionship ended, and the big message was that I hadn’t given enough. _ The result of these two inci- dences in my life changed me profoundly. I began to examine my giving. I do not regret not being there for my mother, but I can also tell you that none of my beloveds will ever pass without my being there—with- out my full support or my hand to hold. I don’t think that most of the poems in Danger are “angsty,” but it is certainly there in some of the earlier poems, which reflects the processing of the pai'n attached to the events (and that is not to say that every- thing in every poem in the 4 U RBAN TRAVEL Tickets on sale May 1st / $20 each book is 100% true to life — that would not be an accurate 5 t a t e m e n t ) . Sometimes angst can be used for effect, to make the poem “work,” like a line break or simile. My new poems are revelations for me——a new way of seeing the world; . experimentation 5 with metaphor and simile; looking _. closer atline breaks, _ revision and forms. . These new poems are explorations of life in a dif- ferent way—a way of looking at the terrestrial andlmundane world that we are part of and acknowledging it as just that. Greeting the common pain~as well as the joy, andwitnessing the relationship between the two. Many of the newer poems since Danger have nothing to do with childhood directly, but are reflections of a current vision witnessed by past influ- ence. I enjoy faking everyday, common experience and ele- vating it to a metaphoric level that points to the universal. I believe something as simple as standing in line at the Post Office can be an amazing expe- rience and a great poem. - M d , A ‘l 16,[2o%ri 1&3/9 PR/lj LT: Have you ever consid- ered writing short stories or novels? There seems to be a lot about your past and present that could develop into a com- pelling piece, or that you could draw out of to create characters and places in a fictional setting. 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What is your feeling on this? Monda , A ril 1 , 2oo1 8»:/14PIB\] JVVI I believe we all have a story to tell. I have written a series of vignettes of the past‘ several years that I hope to, one day, string together into a coherent whole: a book that would tell the story of one boy’s last summer before _ado— lescence. These vignettes do I not call to,__me very infrequent- ly, but when they sing I hear them distinctly. One" day I hope to have the discipline to write more of them. They are very funny, but sad, like a dark com- edy (which is how I see my life). ' Ironically, I started out writ- ing short stories, but soon fell in love with the craft of poetry — the idea of compacting lan- guage, knitting in metaphor and simile. I enjoy all aspects of writing and feel that what I bring to poetry could also be applied to other genres, but poetry is so demanding and requires a certain amount of discipline that to break from it would almost feel like a betray- al—like cheating on my lover. 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