32 Student Generated Questions for a Real Live Poet

32 questions for a real live poet

1. Why did you decide to be a poet?
2. How many poems that you have written do you know by memory?
3. What is your favorite poem you have written and why?
4. Have you studied only poetry all your life?
5. How do you get your ideas?  What inspires you?
6. How do you find words that rhyme?
7. How do you invent the rhythm of the words for you poems?
8. Do you think you are a good poet?  
9. Do you recommend begin a poet?
10. Are the feelings in your poems your own?
11. Where do you think poetry comes from?
12. Did you get inspired by another poet?  If so, who, and why?
13. What types of poetry do you write?  Can you give us an example?
14. How do you stay inspired?
15. When did you know that you are a poet?
16. Did poetry change your life?
17. Have you ever been stressed?
18. Does your family affect your poetry?
19. Do you know other poets?
20. Could a nine year old kid be a poet?
21. When you were a kid what did you want to be?
22. What do you try express when you write a poem?
23. Has poetry made you a better person?
24. Who is your idol poet?
25. When you feel ignored, how does poetry help you?
26. How do you feel when you write poetry?
27. Do you like poetry or do you feel forced?
28. Did something affect you so much that you still write poems about that?
29. Do you ever feel frustrated when you write poetry?  How do you go on?
30. What would be the name of your last poem to ever write?
31. What do you do in your free time?
32. Is the poetry your write an expression of your imagination?