well, in any case, I have a book for you whenever we eventually meet up. Ted Kooser's Poetry Repair Manual was a turning point for me.
Discussion
I like the idea of linguistic maintenance
I think judging poetry is a waste of time as most of it is completely subjective, however, he does have points on how to express a point effectively, and formatting help that enhances. it helps me take a concept and whittle it down to a few lines. no pomp or pretentious crap, just simple words that capture an emotion like a picture that you can revisit years from now and pull the same feels back out
I’m all for it brother. Maybe we can think it through together