writing poetry is so flipping hard

[Leanne]

That's the key, I think -- accept your garbage and push through it

We need to set ourselves goals but go easy if we find we were unrealistic. Poets (all artists really) tend to be highly self-critical and set crazy expectations that we can probably meet, but are devastated if something gets in our way. And let's face it, at the end of the day life expects a lot out of us and doesn't always give us time and the space in our heads that we need to develop a masterpiece.