Iâve said this before, but poetry is probably the largest influence on my comics.  What I feel and experience in reading my favorite poems is what I hope to express in comics.  The poet Dorothea Grossman is up there for me in terms of guiding this idea.  I so wish I had VOLUMES of her work instead of the slim selected poems that was published shortly after her death.  The poem that I mention in the comic is called âI Allow Myselfâ and you can find it here along with many others and a couple of podcasts that feature her work. I also want to note that I misquoted her poem in the comic.  It should read: â I allow/ myself the luxury of breakfast/ (I am no nun, for Christâs sake.)â
I am a proud subscriber of Poetry Magazine and still an avid listener of the podcasts.  I *still* haveâŚ
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