quickly to note Stephanie Young's use of 1st person plural. I use it a lot as well. for me, it avoids that maelstrom of 'I'. 1st person singular tempts a certain dull storytelling urge. which is not to say many fine poems aren't writ in it, you just have to watch the potholes. furthermore, there's a warmth to 1st person plural that I aspire to. and Young has that warmth. mixed with the subtle skew of her imagination and humour, her poems reveal an intimacy that doesn't carry intimations of secretiveness.