@skorlir and anyone else who is interested in word counts in reviews. I just did one "2429 words 12867 characters" and another one "2873 words 15121 characters" for Aria as my secret Santa reviews. She says that she doesn't hate me but I was really evil...
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
