Southern Poets Are Still Writing

I Don't Think The Creative Writing Industry Has Helped American Poetry.

The Fact That Something Is In A Rhymed Form Or In Blank Verse Will Not Make It Good Poetry.

Young Writers Find Their First Audience In Little Magazines, And Experimental Writers Find Their Only Audience There.

A Poem In Form Still Has To Have Voice, Gesture, A Sense Of Discovery, A Metaphoric Connection, As Any Poetry Does.

Young Writers Only Take Off When They Find Their Subjects. Since Almost Everyone Has A Family And Stories About Family, That Is Often A Place To Start.