They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.

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There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write...

My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write...

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by...

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by...

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as...

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as...

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and...

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and...

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet...

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet...

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books...

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books...

I like poems that are little games

I like poems that are little games

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many...

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many...

I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any....

I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any....

Poetry is composing for the breath.

Poetry is composing for the breath.

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity...

The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity...

People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world....

People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world....

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.

Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to...

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to...

The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything....

The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything....

If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.

If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.