Are crazy folk better at poetry

[ChristopherSea]

...and it (the poem) worked after editing it many times...

Pretty much anything will work after editing it many times.
The only exception to the above would be editing;
editing does not work no matter how many times you edit it.

Exactly ray, which addresses a point that I meant to come back to make before I jumped aboard your 'runaway train' in the other forum, ha, ha. I know some poets and authors that refuse to write in an altered state, whether it is chemical induced, an exicited emotional state or a heightened mental period (eg depression). Some say, it won't be good or it will be wierd and disturbing. I reply, and what's the problem with that, because you may capture something unobtainable, not available to you after the fact or in your 'normal' phase.

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...and it (the poem) worked after editing it many times...

Pretty much anything will work after editing it many times.
The only exception to the above would be editing;
editing does not work no matter how many times you edit it.

Exactly ray, which addresses a point that I meant to come back to make before I jumped aboard your 'runaway train' in the other forum, ha, ha. I know some poets and authors that refuse to write in an altered state, whether it is chemical induced, an exicited emotional state or a heightened mental period (eg depression). Some say, it won't be good or it will be wierd and disturbing. I reply, and what's the problem with that, because you may capture something unobtainable, not available to you after the fact or in your 'normal' phase. Edit only when sober and sane!