'they need my poetry
to be academic,
a puzzle that has to fit a piece,
they ‘need’ me to etch for them
to put them at peace.
let me escape
from their criteria.
the non-perfected grammar that decides how it goes
the line breaks that give flow,
they want me to wear the lenses that fit on ‘their’ nose,
they tell me –
this isn’t academic poetry
- i know,
it’s my poetry.' (Publication summary)
