A Farmer of Poetry

I enjoyed those six months of being famous. Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring. There were so many things to do, to live.
-Jack Gilbert

It's not a business with me. [...] I'm not a professional of poetry; I'm a farmer of poetry.
-Jack Gilbert