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I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.

My poems are always about my life in one way or another.

Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.

I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me.

Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love.

Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book of poetry.

My favorite poem ever was 'Annabel Lee' by Edgar Allan Poe.