it is forbidden to love where we are not loved
This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal force.
Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in.
So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!
At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.
Every poet I know - although there may be some I don't know who lead very different lives, who maybe live in the country and don't teach - tends to be just like the rest of us: just really busy, really overcommitted.