I’m convinced that there is nothing more important to a good poetic than craft. It isn’t publication.
Sure, publishing credits are great for the ego. But I’d much rather have one great poem than 100 mediocre ones. I’d much rather publish one great book of poems than 100 mediocre books. I think that too many poets [...]
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Tonight, I had a chance to go over most of the poems that I’ve been compiling for Rumsfeld’s Sandbox. I haven’t looked at them in six or eight weeks. Upon reading through my pencil-marked manuscript, I have concluded that most of the poems are about as good as I can make them. I’ve put the [...]
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