It's just more or less stream of consciousness. By not writing down what she is saying, she has a great advantage over Justiss, with his 35 years worth of poems in boxes. It's boxes and boxes and boxes. It's my release. I feel almost like I'd be suicidal if I couldn't write.
Poetry is just another form of expression.
Hameen thinks spoken word has become in some ways too popular. Right now it's hip to be a poet. We are a society of trends. Now we're starting to lose a lot of the art form in our quest to fit into popular culture. But Mary Sue Koeppel, who teaches at Florida Community College at Jacksonville and has been editing the literary journal Kalliope for almost a quarter century, said she favors anything that gets more people interested in poetry.