Dealing with poetry is a daunting task simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.
It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
If I despised myself it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me and if I respect myself it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.
