I sent Tim an email congratulating him on having Richard Wilbur participate as a lariat and telling him what I would like to know. Tim asked me to post it here. This is the relevant part of the email:
Congrats to you on Wilbur lariating. I will be looking forward to reading what he has to say. I do hope someone asks him about revision: how he targets what he revises in a draft, how many drafts a poem will take, when he knows to leave something sit and vegetate, when it is time to attack and what to prune. People don't tend to talk about revisions, which I think is a shame since most writing is done in the rewriting.
And really, if any other lariart past present or future would like to respond on here I would be happy to hear what you say. I would bet I am not the only one.
Thanks!
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