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I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years - or longer.

Rita Dove
Years, Two, Guilt
Interview with Jesse Kornbluth for "The Book Report", www.math.buffalo.edu. April 8, 1997.
I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years - or longer.