When did you write your first poem, if so what was it about?

The first time I remember writing a poem was in fourth grade, it was this little class assignment. A kid in our class’ mom was a poet and she came in and gave us a lesson. I wrote a poem about my dog running away. And I drew a little illustration of my dog to go with it.

Who is your favorite poet?

I love a lot of different poets. But if I had to put it as an all-time favorite, it’s probably Emily Dickinson just because of how prolific and interesting she is.

What ideas/things inspire you most?

A lot of times it’s just things that happen to me in my day-to-day day to day life, artwork, a lot of song lyrics, sort of odd random images on Pinterest.

What person inspires you most?

I write a lot of poems about my friends and about people… maybe I shouldn’t say that exposing myself but yeah, everybody I interact with on a day-to-day to day basis.

What’s your favorite poem?

One poem I’ve been really obsessed with recently is Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. I’m not usually a huge Robert Frost fan but the line “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I’ve got promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep” has been stuck in my head the past month or two, so that’s maybe my favorite poem right now.

What’s your favorite poem you’ve written?

I wrote a poem about this book called The Haunting of Hill House that I read at a lot of events and that we published in our poetry club zine. That’s one of my favorites, as. And I just started working on a poem about these wolves in Yellowstone and I’m enjoying that right now too.

Do you have a favorite genre of poetry?

I usually like a lot of free verse poetry, not any specific forms. But these days I’m getting into sonnets and haikus. I’ve been trying to do a challenge where I write a haiku every day of November, which I’ve been doing so far. I like poems that are very visceral but also reflective, and I do love a good spooky horror poem.