Poetry is life distilled.
The poetry is myself.
I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.
Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.