For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic.
Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.
Adversity is a stimulus.
My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.
My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.