Phillip Lopate on becoming a poet

Marsh Hawk Press has launched a series of original essays by established poets. The title of the series is Chapter One: How I Became a Poet. An essay by the poet-essayist Phillip Lopate is up on the site today and has already generated enthusiastic responses. I first met Phillip in our Ph.D. program at Union Institute and University. We then taught for several years together at Hofstra University. In 2010 Marsh Hawk published Phillip's At the End of the Day: Selected Poems and an Introductory Essay. Please go over to the Marsh Hawk site to check this.