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APRIL 2005

Tom Chandler, Rhode Island

Studied Poetry: I studied at Brown and the University of New Hampshire.

Writing: I started writing poems probably as soon as I learned how to write. I still have some poems I wrote at about age ten, and their horribleness still makes me cringe.

Inspiration: I don’t generally write from inspiration.” I write all the time and hope for the best.

Favorite Poets: I’m a big fan of Whitman, Frost, Williams, Bishop. Among the living I like Philip Levine, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Baron Wormser, Denise Duhamel, Mekeel McBride. I like reader-friendly poets.

Challenges: I’m still hurdling. Tell the guy at the gas station that you’re a poet, and he’ll probably think of scented candles and Yanni albums.

Advice: There is no such thing as a “career” in poetry. You can teach creative writing (which is what I do), but people who write poems by and large do so because they find they cannot not write poems.

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