Mike Figliola
The late great poet and former poet laureate of NY Robert Creeley once told me “Onward!” This was after I read him one of my poems at some event in NYC. I asked after I had finished the poem if he thought I’d be published one day. That was almost 20 years ago.
There I was: just a kid green with everything and he took the time to reassure me that day with that one word: “Onward.” What a great notion to impose on a young writer. Keep going. Never stop. Robert Creeley. What a beautiful idea. What an amazing person. To this day I tell every writer I meet the same thing. I always credit Creeley.
There I was: just a kid green with everything and he took the time to reassure me that day with that one word: “Onward.” What a great notion to impose on a young writer. Keep going. Never stop. Robert Creeley. What a beautiful idea. What an amazing person. To this day I tell every writer I meet the same thing. I always credit Creeley.
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