Personally I always feel like I could use a little more of poetry apothegmatic power in my own work but we're always lacking something.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.
My work should be seen as poetry.
But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity.
I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place. Yet each has its own force.
People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work.
I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.
I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.
Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far so fast in such a small space; you've got to burn away all the peripherals.
I think poetry is the only domain where a writer you like can truly be said to influence you, because you read and reread a poem so many times that it simply drills itself into your head.
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.