The most difficult obstacle has been the realization that the internal journey is sacred. I once heard the great Lucille Clifton say that writing poems and publishing poems are entirely two separate journeys. I am forever in Ms. Clifton’s debt because it’s so easy to conflate the two. To look at what your peers are […]
Jefferson Navicky talks about the greatest obstacles he’s faced in becoming a poet.
Virginia Konchan talks about some of the difficulties and obstacles she’s experienced in becoming a poet and a writer.
Francesca Bell talks about the obstacles she encounters in being a poet.
Jacques Rancourt talks about the most difficult obstacle he had to overcome to be a poet.
Kristen Case talks about the greatest obstacles she face in becoming a poet.
Grzegorz Wróblewski talks about obstacles to becoming a poet and not being afraid to write about certain subjects. translated and read by Piotr Gwiazda
Carey Salerno talks about her greatest obstacle to becoming a poet.