I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.
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Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
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I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.
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Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost.
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Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
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