fair question

What is the quality of your audience?

ultimate enemy of promise

When a clearly gifted poet dies young, of course we miss out on the even greater poetry to come; then again, the quality of the poetry won’t ever slide or fail to exceed the fine early work.

there for your protection

The Editors: Were they the gatekeepers or the quality control department?

lack of stickiness

Measuring the quality of a book by the number of times the mind wanders away while reading.

wait it out

You could try to write more poems or you could just wait, trusting that some good ones will well up.

volume seller

It was such a book mill, it was hard to tell if the press was promoting good books or book glut.

lower the volume

For the most part, good poets are humble not hortatory.