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The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs: you're their friend.
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If I had been a good student and an achiever, I might have been excited by a more systematic approach to writing than what I do.
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With Instagram, you're captioning a moment. Twitter is the caption without the image. Even if it's there, the words come first.
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Poetry and novels are lists of our devotions. We love the feel of making the marks as the feelings are rising and falling.
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As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.
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Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.