The Poets War Against Poetry While The Amateurs Are Comforted Comments

to Valerie Macon, poet laureate of North Carolina for just six days who resigned on July 17,2014 because other, former poet laureates and many others in the literary community ganged up on her because she was only a 'self-published' poet (at least, that's how I and many other people see it) -

and who said in her resignation letter to everyone. don't forget to love poetry even if you haven't collected accolades...
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