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In his book of poems, lots of mythological connections. He said he uses birds a lot to represent family members, especially members who have passed.

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It was nice to hear him read some of his own poems. It gave the class a different perspective of the reading, and how he actually meant for it to be read.

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It was interesting to see that a few lines in "Neuse River" get him in trouble

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I have never tried collared greens and used to think I wouldn't like them but now I wanna try them.

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I found it very interesting that when we asked him if all of his poems were derived from personal experience, and re responded that poets tend to exaggerate.

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He said the stanzas about God being a man because he put a baby in Mary without her permission gets him in trouble sometimes.

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It was surprising to learn that at first, "Southern Silence", didn't make "the cut" in his collection.

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He talked about how the first part was like him holding his breath under water and the second part was like him coming up from the water

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He talked kinda about the first and second half and how it was more of a child view to a growth period.

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He wasn't going to include "Southern Silence" in the book, and took some convincing to get it in the book.

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I found it interesting that when we asked him if all of these poems were from personal experiences, and he told us that poets exaggerate a little bit.

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I thought it was interesting that poetry helped him look at prose differently.

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It was interesting to learn about how a lot of his poems refer to the idea of rivers

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He talked about why his collection River Hymns is divided into two sections. The first section, I. were poems more rooted in his childhood and seeing things from the perspective of a child. The second section, II, represents a more mature and questioning perspective. Maybe the older and more mature you get, the more questions you have and the more you realize you don't know.

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I was interested to learn that a lot of what he wrote about was just things that he was interested in, not necessarily personal experiences.

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I think it was really interesting that in his poem "Greens" the last stanza was originally the first.

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The title ¨Greens¨ was simply a reference to collared greens, and didn´t have much more meaning regarding himself or the character. The title was more to go along with the southern setting. The best thing about the video conference was it was very humanizing; the worst thing about the conference call was it was very humanizing.

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I learned that he is working on a new book that will hopefully be finished in 2020. Also, when he uses enjambment, he usually ends on a verb. I was also surprised to hear that "Southern Silence" almost didn''t make the book, but did after his professors pushed him to. Also he said that he receives some backlash from the line about God and Mary on social media. He  also said that he didn't mind this as it can be a good thing. He also said that part 1 is when he under water and part 2 is when he comes up for air and shares his thoughts and emotions with no guard.

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I really was interested to learn about the article "Invisible Architecture" and looked it up to read.  Here's the link:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69475/invisible-architecture