What poets changed the way you thought about your writing?
In rough chronological order: John Berryman, as his poetry showed me I could express the various voices and moods within; John Montague, as he reminded me we ALL live (in a micro and macro way) in various cultures, mostly dualistically, Joseph Brodsky, as he taught me to ALWAYS LIVE a strong defense for anything I make--that it might be made to be tried and tested, Ronald Johnson, who set a great example on the many ways to address the vistas before me, and William Bronk, who taught me how to navigate World, as a land of dreams with its joy its beauty and often its cons.
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