How much time

[Leanne]

There's no appreciable difference between the great poetry online and some of the stuff that's published only in print these days -- you just see a lot more of the beginner-to-intermediate levels online, which aren't evident in any other medium. This makes it easier for journeymen to consider themselves masters by association -- but there are very few masters either in print or online, just as it has always been. We remember great poets because... well, they're great.

I try to get to at least a couple of poems I've never read every week... but that's getting more and more difficult as I spend a lot of time reading online stuff and workshopping takes a lot of time, though it's time I am more than happy to spend. Also, life barges in now and then

I also have the old favourites that I will read over and over. I love a good ballad above all else, but I've also given Byron a hell of a beating and Wilde is always waiting when Byron gets tired. Not to mention that old sod Larkin waving at me from his bloody high windows...