Five Reasons Why the World Still Needs Poets
Why is poetry still relevant here and now in this fast-paced world in which we are bombarded with more information than we are biologically wired to process? I have some thoughts on that.
Why is poetry still relevant here and now in this fast-paced world in which we are bombarded with more information than we are biologically wired to process? I have some thoughts on that.
If a woman tells me that she feels uninspired, I won’t recommend that she take out a sheet of paper and start freewriting. I’ll tell her to close her eyes, put her hands on her lower belly, and feel her power.
I’m often asked what inspires me or how I get ideas for my poetry. What I know for sure is that when I attempt to chase, reach, or grasp, then I am not in a creative flow.