In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things.
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I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.
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I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.
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I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years-or longer.
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