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Everyone experiences a great deal. Some experience more of what they experience. Mark At 01:00 PM 10/20/2007, you wrote: >I've always been of the opinion that to write great poetry you have to >(1) experience a great deal [and, thus, suffer] and/or (2) be >extremely in touch with language. I almost want to say 'in love', but >making language poetry isn't rosy. but there needs to be an >infatuation, with the pictures of language. > >the difference to me has been that you can be (2) but not (1) & write >good poetry, but if you're (1) but not (2), the chances are >disappearingly slim. both, & you're set. what I DON'T believe in is an >inborn gift. tendencies, sure; but if my parents hadn't been >journalists or if I hadn't been around music as much or if I hadn't >learned two mother tongues at once, I wouldn't write poetry. at the >moment, at this age, I'm hoping/shooting for the (+2) (-1) scenario. > >KS > >On 20/10/2007, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 1. Be a tortured genius > > > > > http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/10/poets_souls_outsell_their_vers.html > > > > > > -- > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > > "In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons." > > Roman Proverb > >