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Part 1—In this 5:19 minute segment, I talk about some of the activites of a poet, readings, leading workshops, and so on. I talk about my background as a poet, about how I use form and what "form" in poetry means to me, and I say a few words about how a person may decide if a poem is "good" or "bad."
Part 2—In this 8:50 minute segment, I talk about poems and family, the difference between poetry and therapy, how to read a poem, how to "take" criticism as a writer, what inspires me, what writers influence me, and I give some advice for young poets.
Low Bandwidth Version
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