Hardly any buyers of poetry

Die indische Dichterin Mani Rao bei dnaindia:

What inspires your poetry?

That this world is a vast, amazing poem. That I am holding a mirror to the divine, of herself, this world.

What do you think about the poetry scene in India today?

Good poets seem dissatisfied, there are not enough publishers and hardly any buyers of poetry. At the same time, there are too many venues where average writing circulates under the name of poetry. There is not enough study of the form. Poetry is a slow art— like wine, it cannot be aired before it matures. Every time someone asks me for a ‘new, unpublished poem’ I feel frustrated. Everything has become too fast. I don’t have a new poem. Read my old poems first.

Describe yourself in five words.

The voice in the noise.