For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic.
I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.
Adversity is a stimulus.
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.
Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.