“I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.”
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Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast.
I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.
Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.
Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.
