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Errol Miller has worked hard for his success and offers advice for those trying to break into poetry. "First do it - write and make a commitment to write. Second, do something with what you write, which means not just showing it to your friends or hiding it in a drawer. Third, study as many journals and their market listings as you can. It's tough getting started but don't give up, because if you've got the talent and you send your (work) to appropriate places, it'll get published." Miller ends by saying, "no matter how good you are, you've got to learn to live with rejection."
Denise Duhamel is a part of the new generation of poetry called Generation X, and her work captures the concerns of her audience. Duhamel's work coincides with her interest in pop culture and her feminist attitude. Although her work is frequently humorous, some of her poems tend to have a darker irony. Duhamel takes her writing very seriously, "I get up and write whether I feel like it or not, whether I produce anything good that day or not. I feel like writing is my job as well as my love."
Michael Chitwood is a poet who has a great fascination with language. Much of his poetry comes from memories of his childhood, growing up in a small rural town. Attention to the different levels of structure within each poem is an important component to Chitwoood's craft. He emphasizes the need for concrete images in poetry and the avoidance of the abstract. "We all want to write about the big ideas, and that's what we do write about, but it only works if you write about the particular and in the concrete," says Chitwood.
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