You Need a Big Platform, and an Enemy
On occasion I talk to experts because now
to sell a book you need a platform
unfortunate word people more than
your good friend Edite who likes most not all
of your poems you need to emulate Rupi Kaur
beautiful Indian from Canada her Instagram poems
have millions yes millions of followers. An
enemy too poet Nayirah Waheed
millions too Nayirah said Rupi's poems
have a hyper similarity to hers. Why can't you
make an enemy with your poems and generate
a controversy for your followers? Many people
don't like my poems but none of them used
words like hyper similarity. Man
at Cornelia Street Cafe maybe a year ago
after a reading said There isn't a Poem in the World
I've Ever Liked and That Includes Yours. He
gave me his card. But I don't know that he
would be helpful building my platform or qualifying
as a Real True Enemy. I can only try.