A wise mentor once told me that “Reading is 75% of writing. The rest is elbow grease.” I have to agree. The more reading I do (in a wide variety of genres) the better. I try to keep several books (or articles) going at all times, and this seems to inform my thinking and gives me ideas for how I want to approach my poetry. I once wrote a sonnet and a lin…
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