I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don't like poets. I would much prefer describing myself and what I do as: I'm kind of a curator, and I'm kind of a night-owl reporter.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.
I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write.
On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me.
Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.
I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.
I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.
Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.
I like to write poetry.