Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began?
I used to think poetry had to have a lot of density and sound poetic. Thick and/or gloopy. Also backward looking. Poems of loss. Elegiac. Since about 2010 I have learned the light touch via NY School poets and various surreal-absurd writers, artists, and musicians. I am very attracted to the light touch. It is a lifetime project. Also I did not know about prose poetry. Now it is my main consideration when writing poetry. But prose poetry attuned to stories, essays, and music. So you know, hybrids. I am into hybrids, of various kinds.
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