July 9, 2012On Being Invited to Submit Poems ‘Written in the Manner of the Ancient Chinese Mountain Recluse Poets’Sam Hamill

“I grew up on a ranch in Utah, a farm in Utah, and my old man, my adopted father, loved poetry. And he would sometimes recite poetry while he worked. And he would explain to me, the rhythm of the work would help you decide what poem to sort of say. The way you sometimes hum or sing when you work—well, he recited poetry that way, and I think that was what first turned me on to poetry.”