A poet is seldom hard up for advice. The worst part of it all is that sometimes the advice is coming from other poets, and they ought to know better.
You owe reality nothing and the truth about your feelings everything.
An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.
Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.
A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.
To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write.