I didn’t choose poetry. When I put pen to paper, poetry is just what happens. I wrote my first poems when I was 13, but they were dark and my mom read them from my diary. I was so angry and ashamed I never wrote again until these books poured out of me at 31.

2. Tell Me About Your Most Recent Collection.

2. My most recent collection is a culmination and explosion of all of the feelings and expressions I had stuffed down my whole life. I hit a wall in my life and needed an outlet. I did not write with any intention of publishing whatsoever until book 3. Books 1 and 2 were written together within just a couple of weeks.

3. Give the backstory behind one of your poems

The first poem in book 1 was a profound experience for me. It was the day I finally let myself write again after all of those years and the way it flowed out of me felt like it wasn’t even me writing. This is the case for all of my poems. It feels like a channeling experience when I write, like a perfect mixture of my creative and logical sides creating magic together.

4. Who are three poets you always recommend?

Ironically, I actually don’t read or enjoy poetry very much. Never have!

5. I am currently reading…

I am currently reading a lot of kids books, as a mom to two little girls   My personal genre is mostly metaphysical, esoteric, psychology, etc. 

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