And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.
People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work.
I want to be braver and more honest about my life. When you're sexually abused, there's a lot of damage.
Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude.
The three ingredients of poetry: the mystery of the universe, spiritual curiosity, the energy of language.
... to write well it is entirely necessary to read widely and deeply. Good poems are the best teachers.