Simplicity in Poetry

[Leanne]

Actually, I never say write for yourself as it isn't really something I believe in. I say write to create a poem - just for the poem and not for anyone else. I write every poem as if it is the only thing I will ever write. When I am finished I am certain I will never write again. And who knows, one of these times it will probably be true.

All of the yes. "I only write for myself" is a copout for when people suggest you change something; this is not milo. "Write for poetry", now, that is something I see in every poet whose work I love and return to time and again.

I read every new poem by a favourite poet as if it's their last, because there's every chance (as milo says) that it will be.