I have always made my own rules in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do however believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless.
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows so does the shore of our ignorance.