""One of the things I was afraid I would miss out on with a digital residency was the very local and human voice but thankfully through technology we can approximate some of what a conversation in person accomplishes"."

""My clay begins elesewhere where Okavango pours into Boteti & re appears here to watch this other water from a distance"."

""I remember seeing the sky as it scrunched its face, filling its cheeks with smoke hurling rage at every mans' door"."

""I studied in Botswana and in the classroom it was the reading of stories that drew me to language, not poetry specifically"."

""Do not ask me what I good poem is, I only know one when I see or smell it, hear it coming, or sense it scrambling off the stage or page"."

""This process of refining is everything is the goal is to write a good (read necessary, urgent) poem"."

""When my chapbook, Mandible, got published I don't believe I thought about curation very much"."

"My sister works well at the daily chore of keeping everyone alive"

""Here is a line between mana and man / and nature / man-made / as all false boundaries are"."

"The constitution of Botswana gives too much power to the President and we are the only country in the region, which is still stuck to this. The President appoints, fires, promotes and demotes army personnel."

"I commend the teaching of these virtues, "because they ensure that our nation's development is based upon a moral, ethical, and tolerant foundation."

"The oneness of humanity, the equality of boys and girls in the eyes of God, and the need for honesty and kindliness in their dealings with other people."

"Further the development of Botswana along moral and ethical lines."

"Democracy to me means government of the people, by the people and not government of the people, by men. Democracy by nature should be inclusive, with proportionate representation of most, if not all sections of the population of a country."