Gadzooks.
Professional poet?
I would hope not.
My scribblings are just that.
I have one book out to my name
(not to mention a 75-issue run chapbook back in the early 90's)
that hasn't sold a single issue,
and a small history of this area
would show that I did
indeed
have a few pieces published here and there
that a few people might have read, yeah.
Professional?
Heh heh
that makes me laugh.
I would encourage anyone I know to not make distinction
or grade poets
in any way.
The poems are not the poets themselves,
they spring from our hands
like gold from a fusion torch.
I like most poetry I read,
and would hesitate
to say
any poem
was better
than any other
poem.
Very expressive piece. Although I believe some poet's writings are more stronger than others. But then again, you really can't judge someone's feelings...