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The job of a poet is to live a life no one wants to live. You scream and cry and degrade and embarrass yourself in a way that makes people stay away. You must experience the depths of loneliness like no one else has; be great at words, yet terrible at telling the ones closest to you how exactly you feel.

And yet, the words you write must make people feel the gentle kiss of sunlight on a winter day. When they read you, they must feel less alone - this irony is a poet's greatest tool - and they must feel loved in a way you never have. Evoke feelings you wish you'd be feeling, and you know you've done a great job.