i'm very much a novice when it comes to poetry. i know very little about rhythm and rhyme and meter and syntax. i'm 56, almost 57, and only started doing this 2-3 years ago. i'm often part of the "bad poetry" club, but, every once in a while, i hit it. it has been great therapy, often saving my life for something else. i self publish what i write and ut it in front of anyone who will look at it. i guess it's part of that immortality urge as i get older. you write with clarity, concretely (if that's a word). there is a certain honesty and transparency about you. i would like to be more like that.