1) Teach poetry, writing, or literature, and fit the poetry in, while teaching a new generation about the great poets of the past.

2) Have a patron and wrote poetry as it comes, but miss out on the misery that makes good poetry.

3) Have a hand to mouth existence, working only to pay the minimum expenses, while creating a large and extensive collection of poetry, so that when you die, you can be famous.

I don’t only write poetry, but my poetry feels like the closest kind of writing to prayer. A good, or great, poem can be as precious as gold, and infinitely more rare.