A sweet bit of wisdom here. A daily visit to ursprache is never wasted! And I highly recommend roving through the archives. You’ll discover nuggets such as these: “Begin in a place before the poem you were thinking of begins”; and “When reading a great poem, see if you can tell which line was the poet’s Rubicon”; and “From the moment it was written it was syllabus poetry. A ‘text’ that went straight to academe without even a passing wave to an audience.”
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
