Oh, I live for articles like these.

Thank you for your wonderful, open-hearted advise on creative writing. I'm from India and we don't have a lot of focus on creative writing courses here.

I used to be scared of poetry. But then I discovered Kahlil Gibran. And since then, I've discovered Bukowski and Larkin and Rilke and so many others. I read their poetry aloud and IT WORKS. IT JUST WORKS.

This is a brilliant piece.