Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. Youll have that readership. Keep going until you know youre doing work thats worthy. And then see what happens. Thats my advice. – Philip Levine

My mother carried on and supported us her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. – Philip Levine

I realized poetrys the thing that I can do cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity. – Philip Levine