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I read poetry to save time.

I love poetry; it's my primary literary interest, and I suppose the kind of reading you do when you are reading poems - close reading - can carry over into how you read other things.

I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy.

Poetry. I read Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Hirschfield. I like to read Billy Collins out loud.

I like to write poetry.

I read a little bit of nonfiction and a lot of poetry. I think of poetry as my shot of whiskey when I don't have time to savor a whole bottle of wine.

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.

The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.