I have heard from a certain poet that the "long" poem is kind of a right of passage for young poets. The first time you write one of those 8 page behemoths, you have accomplished something huge.
Is it just me or is 8 pages just too damn many for a poem?
Because I really think it is. No matter how good your poem is, I will lose interest by page 3. And if you are in the habit of writing poems that long maybe you should look into fiction. Or lyrical essays. Because 8 pages is not a poem. It's a treatise.
