But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My work should be seen as poetry.
On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.
I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.
I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.
It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.
If I were to have a dream job, it would probably be a poet. Then again, I don't think I'm a very good poet!
Ideally, I'd love to write poems that intrigued humans across the board: literary folk and academics as well as... dog-walkers, doctors, plumbers, chefs, math professors, jugglers, etc.
People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable.
My poems are always about my life in one way or another.
There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.