Poet Amy Woolard, named one of the 50 Best News Poets of 2013 by Best New Poets editor Brenda Shaughnessy, has tried “something, anything, else”—including, most recently, working as a child-welfare lawyer. But she has also kept writing. Poetry is a great way to capture a feeling or an experience in very few words, but it can be a challenge to write. Poems can cover a wide variety of emotions and explore topics a reader normally wouldn’t consider. By looking for inspiration, sitting down to write, and finding a publisher, you can be a poet before you know it!
