“I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene.”
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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across.
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.