There is also this benefit in brag that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means draw it all out and hold him to it.
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.
Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove...
My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to...
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world then it has had...
Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.
My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
