When poets die, other poets take it personally, almost as an affront. A lot of us "left behind" … - Allison Joseph

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When going for a run, I pick fresh air, openness, and scenery of the outdoors over a treadmill every time.

Allison Joseph

When poets die, other poets take it personally, almost as an affront. A lot of us "left behind" are thinking that poetry is the one thing keeping us alive and present, so what does it mean when one of our ranks chooses to end his or her life? There's an anger beneath the grief, you know? That anger and grief, in turn, breeds other poems from those of us left behind.

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I think that the people who really accomplish things in this world have to have a little bit of crazy in them.

Crazy, People, Think, Thinking, World

Social media is alluring, tempting, frustrating, etc. We mistake our interactions in social media as community, but is community possible when you don't even know what someone looks like or what his or her voice sounds like? I've enjoyed connecting with a lot of poets through social media, but do I truly know them if I haven't even met them yet?

Alluring, Media, Mistake, Social, Voice

I like when a poem ends on its "receipts," meaning it gives me something tactile or tangible to dwell on as I exit the reading experience. So I strive to end my own poems that way as well.

Dwell, Giving, Reading, Strive, Tactile, Tangible

I write to be recorder, observer, participant, and sometimes, even judge. I want to engage the world as I see it with my whole self - all of those different aspects of it.

Different, Judging, Self, Write, Writing

I switch between fixed forms and free verse often, and enjoy being a poet who can "swing both ways," so to speak.

Free, Speak, Swings, Way, Ways