My success has been something I've worked a long time at and it's been a gradual process. I compare it to the idea of someone losing a lot of weight over a period of a few years. You don't really notice the weight loss overall but if you compare photos from then and now there's a big difference.
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

