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L.L., wise? What are you talking about?
spaghettipie, thanks for asking me!
ESI, thanks for pointing that out. I think our capitalist society encourages us to gauge success in terms of dollars. If I can earn a living at my passion, then I have achieved success. The better living I can earn, the more success I've achieved.
But really, that kind of thinking doesn't acknowledge the realities of a free market system. No matter how good I am as a poet, I'm never going to make much money by publishing books of poetry. Nobody wants poets. Everybody wants good copy. Does that mean all poets should go to work for advertising agencies? Heavens no! I still follow my passion for poetry, but I'm not stupid about it. I rely on other talents to bring home the bacon. Otherwise we'd have nothing to eat. (Not the least because I'm not really that good at poetry!)