And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is not to lie but to imagine what you want to follow the direction of the poem.
A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile even though...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror stick out our chests suck in our bellies and say 'Damn we're Americans ' and smile.