write from what you know into what you don’t know. Personal experience is a powerful starting point, but it shouldn’t limit where a piece of writing can go.
I have this bias that makes it difficult for me to separate the poetry from the poet's experience.
I have this bias that makes it difficult for me to separate the poetry from the poet's experience.
Sage words from Ben Purkert, one of my all-time favorite poets and the brain behind "Today is Work."