One of the basic tools needed to become a good poet is taste. Taste, in my mind, is the ability to discern what you enjoy from what does not bring you joy. What moves you? Why does it move you? What didn’t move you? What about a particular poem left you wanting? Why does something work in one context and flop in another?
I find that constantly asking mys…
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