He said the first time he knew he wanted to be a writer was when he saw a sailboat on the water and wanted to describe it. I imagine he had a horse named Prospero when he wrote Leaves of Grass. I think it is important that people ride horses to get to the places they need to go. Instead of a horse, I ride a bicycle. There is no hurry on a horse, unless it is the Pony Express or you are Butch Cassidy or someone like that, and there is no hurry on a bicycle. The only hurry is when you are going to see the ones you love.
Dan Sklar teaches writing at Endicott College. He is the author of two books of poetry, Hack Writer and Bicycles, Canoes, Drums. Recent publications include the Harvard Review, New York Quarterly, Ibbetson Street Press, and The Art of the One-Act.