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Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.

Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems.

There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.

For better or worse, poetry is my life.

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.

I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.

I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.