the rix mix

The only two groups of people that really like poets are print journalists & painters. Poets don't often like many other poets - we can handle only a handful as friends & allies without feeling competitive, & any poet who denies this is lying. There are also tradespeople who like poets; the occasional carpenter, plumber, landscaper. We don't count on them. However, most journalists have read poetry. They're proud of their craft, they get paid for writing, but they rarely choose what they write about, & they appreciate the economy & freedom of poetry - which has much in common with journalism & reporting. Painters like poets because painters like talking while they paint & poets enjoy conversing with painters while we watch them paint. (Discovered last year that this applies to housepainters as well as artists.)


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