Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.
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Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.
I was lucky to have read a lot of poetry when I was younger; it helped me to remember a way to write.
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet.
And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody.
I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.
In my life, I've seen enormous increase in the consumption of poetry. When I was young, there were virtually no poetry readings.
Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines by memory.
I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.
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