"The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions."

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"The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions."

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"In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change."

Change

"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."

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"Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses."

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"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."

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"If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect."

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

Poems

"The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight."

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"Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them."

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"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."

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