If we take it as read....

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It also depends on the time frame and circumstances of the author. There are times that get hard enough that writing for Hallmark doesn't sound so bad if there is a check involved. I don't know a lot about poetry, but I've read a lot of autobiography/biography stuff from fiction writers from the early twentieth century and a reoccurring regret is that they churned out too many books too quickly at first, but it was always because their economic situation demanded it.

I exist in a world where poetry if for women, nerds and Valentine's day- the bar is set so low that anything that sounds intelligent strung together can get you laid because nobody know or cares what poetry is. I can't really say why I care, but I do. I want to understand what I read instead of feeling like I'm always out of the loop. I want to write something I can really be proud of. In the meantime, I will churn out just as much drivel as I can feel inspired to write It's a numbers game . . .