Interview with a Poet
Haworth Hodgkinson
What do you write?
the questioner asked.
Much and little,
the poet replied.
Make the most of the least,
the best of the worst;
that is the poet's duty.
Yes, but what exactly
do you write about?
the questioner continued.
The poet replied
with a borrowed smile:
That is a fortified secret.
Written 1982
Revised 1995/2007
Published in
Spirit of the Deveron, 2008
(Blue Salt Publishing)
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