News at Eleven: Poetry is a vocation.

It is not a career but a calling. For as long as I can remember, I have associated that calling, my life's work, with walking. I love the leisurely amplitude, the spaciousness, of taking a walk, of heading somewhere, anywhere, on foot. I love the sheer adventure of it, setting out and taking off.

from The Washington Post: Walking With His Muse, a Poet Becomes His Own Destination.
also The Washington Post: The Poet of Feeling

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