Contents
* Why are poets cornered?
* Does poetry have to mean anything?
* Architecture can serve as an object lesson for the creation of poetry
* The two ways of reading poetry can become entangled accidentally
* The poet and the analyst: a potentially destructive relationship
* Poetry and motorcycle maintenance have much in common
* Syntax variation affects meaning in English
* Beware of the bull that threatens the entire field
* The successful poet's rule book (if you want that kind of success)
* Dolly Parton – the poet still with us
* When writing a poem it's critical to know when to stop
* Is poetry a sport or a vocation?
* The two Cardinal Sins that may never be forgiven (or avoided)
* Should our art be for art's sake, or for our readers'?
* Getting the words right is not the poet's primary challenge
* Rather than abandoning rhyme, why not use it to advantage?
* Your chatbot poet friend cannot be trusted to deliver
* Who's to be the reader of your published poetry?
* Is it enjambment, or merely jamming for the sake of it?
* Why has subject matter mostly become either banal or obscure?
* Inspiration: where does it come from and can you pursue it?
* Fundamental truth in relation to the nature of poetry
* The law of parsimony with reference to poetic imagery
* Artistic tool kits and their influence on quality
* How your brain divides the tasks of creation
* The flattening of language and clarity of thought
* 'Doing one's own thing': how far can it usefully go?
* Poetic movements: their effects on poetic independence
* Is this a poem that you just wrote?
* Impoverished perception and poetic expression
and more to come