I ached for years to be a published poet and writer. Having accomplished these goals, I can state that it is very interesting how my own feelings about my books have changed with the passage of time. The way I feel about my poetry books these days is ... let's say you go into a tavern and have too much to drink and then you begin talking too much and you force distastefully intimate details of your personal life onto total strangers. It is not a nice feeling. It feels shameful, embarrassing. That is how I feel about my poetry books. Thank God no one reads them!