Archive for July, 2009
Reminders
Monday, July 6th, 2009Things that are not important when you make a poem:
Fame.
Anonymity.
Praise.
Blame.
Success.
Failure.
Happiness.
Sadness.
Why these things are not important:
Being famous does not make you a good poet.
Being unknown does not make you a good poet.
Being praised as a poet does not make you a good poet.
Shouldering blame for a poem does not make you a good poet.
A “successful” poet [...]