“To be dangerous is to remind the world of what our humanity means to us, rather than allowing everyone to settle into complacency. To challenge us to dig deeper into reflecting on our lives, instead of just accepting what we’re told about what means what to us. At one point in the discussion, Jennifer Barone made a comment I agree with, that to be dangerous a poet must “upset the current world order.” She also made a point that made me think – is being a subversive poet in a place like San Francisco preaching to the choir? Have people here already heard (and understood) enough of voices like mine?”
