" As I said, you wait for poems. It's not the ego that chooses the subject. It's the poetry that makes the choice. I don't want to appear mysterious, but that's the truth. Ask any poet, they'll tell you the same thing: you wait for the poems. If you have a poem written, you can work on it, rearrange it, put in punctuation... I write in my head. When I'm looking out the window and doing absolutely nothing, I'm writing. You write a poem with a pen. But the first experience is an experience of the ear. You listen to the poem. Then you write. "

― Margaret Atwood , Two Solicitudes: Conversations