thunder_dude7 has been a member of the Young Writers Society since Oct 5 2007. They have made 1745 posts and 56 reviews. Please take the time to welcome them to YWS!
The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading. — Edward Hirsch
