Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began?
Almost every day. Each new poet I read (well, almost each) offers new possibilities - innovative use of language or image, new ways of seeing things, new attitudes, new forms or just new levels of enjoyment. Some spark an urge to write myself. In moments of frustration with my own work, I have sometimes thought - this is way too difficult. Followed almost immediately by - if it were not difficult, you'd be bored, so suck it up. In the past few years, I've experienced the deep satisfaction of seeing my work offer solace to friends in pain, something I did not anticipate when I started on this path. Poetry keeps me growing.
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