What do you find most difficult about writing poetry?
Stripping away superfluity to leave on the page only what needs to be there. This process entails both a scrupulous probing of self, staring down what matters most to me so that I know the words are truthful, and careful abstinence from self-congratulatory performance. A verbal dazzle doesn’t matter. All that matters is what needs to be on the page. All that matters is that something that needs to be said is being said as truthfully as possible. This is hard to do.
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