Timeless statement.
My poems are both traditional and experimental, as they play with established forms—the Sonnet, the Villanelle, the Sestina—in order to make them new in our twenty-first century. The line is the thing: whether to enjamb or punctuate. End rhyme is rare in my work, but internal rhyme is common, like alliteration in Old English. I embrace New Formalism in spite of my politics because rhyme and meter make poetry joyful, and the brain is hardwired to take pleasure from these devices. Some recurrent themes include opposition to the doctrine of American exceptionalism, the value of slowing down, the beauty of nature, and mindfulness as a source of energy.