Form Is A Straitjacket In The Way

I Live In New Jersey Now, Which Always Gets A Bad Rap Here And There, But I Must Say, I Enjoy Living Here Too

If The Poem Has No Obvious Destination, There's A Chance That We'll Be All Setting Off On An Interesting Ride.

I Was Born In Northern Ireland In 1951. I Lived Most Of My Life There Until 1986 Or 1987

The Point Of Poetry Is To Be Acutely Discomforting, To Prod And Provoke, To Poke Us In The Eye, To Punch Us In The Nose, To Knock Us Off Our Feet, To Take Our Breath Away.

I Do A Lot Of Readings.