"how do I get good at poetry?" you may ask? You work at it. For years. And quietly, without noticing it, you get better and better.
Actually, this illustrates something useful:
2010 - first regular writing practice
2016 - first feedback + regular edits
2018 - first publication
2020 - first competition win
2022 - first pamphlet
2026 - first collection
Getting good at this stuff takes SO MUCH time.
Kym Deyn
just had the realisation that I started writing poetry regularly in 2010. so it's been SIXTEEN YEARS. good fucking lord.
