PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

The great American poet, Wallace Stevens, who was a Vice President of the Hartford Insurance Company, rarely told business, or casual, acquaintances that he was a Poet.  He said, "They don't seem to get over it, and one is always much more than just a poet."   In his lifetime, he had a far greater reputation as the industry's chief expert on surety bonding than as a poet.  Before the internet became popular, I had published in several small literary magazines, and when I shared this with colleagues at my corporate job (the largest credit union in our area), they did sometimes look at me "funny," proving that Pop Stevens was right.  So I stopped speaking about it at the office, and when I finally got on postpoems---which has been one of the Great Blessings in m life---I did not invite one colleague to visit.  With Stevens, I believe that most people consider poets to be a bunch of eccentrcs or subversives, or communists.  My parents believed that an interest in poetry, or art in general, or the plays of Shakespeare, was an indicator of sexual orientation or political party affiliation.  Poetry can be difficult enough without worrying about the eternal question, which was like my parents' theme song, "What will the neighbors think?"