In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.

The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse.

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.