It is dangerous it seems to me for a civilization when there is a complete abyss betewen people in general and the artists. Or is it always so? The poets who are most ardently on the people's side write in such a way that the people cannot see rhyme nor reason to their work.
We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.
When we admit our vulnerability, we include others. If we deny it, we shut them out.
Try making a poem as if it were a table, clear and solid, standing there outside you.
Go rich in poverty. Go rich in poetry. This nothingness is plentitude.
Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!