Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

I have written some songs but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for like a week and then I won't touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don't have time because I'd rather be doing other things like knitting.

When you're going through something whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody you often feel like 'Oh my God I'm so overwhelmed I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact poetry's a nice reminder that no everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point so of course I wrote poetry.

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.

Well I still write poetry but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance like a signpost or a warning notice.

Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.