“Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets.”
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The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming.
Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige.
Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.
Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.