Humanities Iowa Board President Fred Waldstein. I am honored that you would allow me to represent Iowa poets. I am certainly an Iowan. I first came here 40 years ago. And all poetry is local.
Art comes out of a life and where that life is lived.
But poetry transcends boundaries and borders, including state borders. Like any writer, especially any poet, I can't make promises about what I will write next. I am fortunate to have written poems that sound to some ears like those of an Iowan. But I have also written many poems that sound to others as if they were written by a Martian. In this respect, I can stand for many.