Simone Muench

I began just writing poems and then fell in love with the form.

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I mainly wanted non-english writing poets, because I loved the idea that I was translating translations.

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I was a bit shut down by a lot of the snarkiness and biliousness in some of the poetry blogs. I was tired of aesthetic wars that weren't productive and were becoming mean-spirited. I was probably overworked as well, so I stopped reading and writing for about a year.

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I think that when you pay tribute and are citing, not only through naming the authors but also through the acknowledgement of the form, that you are in no way plagiarizing.

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