Which is more important?

[LanceRocks]

There is always confusion when poets speak of abandoning ego.

This happened to me at age 35 and it improved my writing by light years. Once you let go you get good. Everything else is ego.

In 1996 I typed a spontaneous poem to an obscure email group having nothing to do with poetry or even writing. Some unknown person copied it to their website and now - 13 years later - it's still out there on 5 separate sites I'm aware of. Many more people have encountered that poem down the years than ever read my published chapbooks.

If I post a poem I'm truly proud of I'll add my real name should this happen again. Otherwise I'm anonymous. Credit is not all it's cracked up to be: the real joy comes from watching your words make some change in the culture.

Lance