I devoured science fiction as a child. I still do. And I found poems by Andrew Marvell and Matthew Arnold and Emily Dickinson and William Butler Yeats because they were quoted in science fiction, and I loved their sounds and I went on to read about ottava rima and medial caesuras and enjambment and all that other technical stuff that you care about if you already care about poems, because poems already made me happier and sadder and more alive.
De pequeño, devoraba obras de ciencia ficción. Aún lo hago. Y descubrí poemas de Andrew Marvell, Matthew Arnold, Emily Dickinson y William Butler Yeats porque aparecen citados en la ciencia ficción. Adoraba sus sonidos, así que pasé a leer sobre la octava rima, la cesura media, encabalgamientos, y todas esas cuestiones técnicas por las que te interesas si ya estás interesado en los poemas, porque por aquel entonces, los poemas ya me