“I try to be as kind to poetry as I can... the expectation of the poem is much higher. People really expect to read seven lines, and walk away from that better. They want to be healed. People really think, “Oh, here’s a poem, OK, let’s see what you gonna do. Fix me.” You don’t go watch Alvin Ailey thinking “fix me.” You don’t go to the museum thinking “give me wisdom.”