I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt … - Allison Joseph

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Allison Joseph

I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about figures like Borges, Akhmatova, Neruda, etc. I felt I needed a bigger lens to see poetry through. It really helps to see poetry as a world language, and not just something American.

Akhmatova, American, Contemporary, Etc, Lenses, World

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I think that the people who really accomplish things in this world have to have a little bit of crazy in them.

Crazy, People, Think, Thinking, World

Social media is alluring, tempting, frustrating, etc. We mistake our interactions in social media as community, but is community possible when you don't even know what someone looks like or what his or her voice sounds like? I've enjoyed connecting with a lot of poets through social media, but do I truly know them if I haven't even met them yet?

Alluring, Media, Mistake, Social, Voice

I like when a poem ends on its "receipts," meaning it gives me something tactile or tangible to dwell on as I exit the reading experience. So I strive to end my own poems that way as well.

Dwell, Giving, Reading, Strive, Tactile, Tangible

I write to be recorder, observer, participant, and sometimes, even judge. I want to engage the world as I see it with my whole self - all of those different aspects of it.

Different, Judging, Self, Write, Writing

I switch between fixed forms and free verse often, and enjoy being a poet who can "swing both ways," so to speak.

Free, Speak, Swings, Way, Ways