To collect a poet, go to art openings. Stand among the artists and sooner or later a poet emerges. You’ll know them when they recite lines from their favorite poets and talk about readings that they have been to, even if that happened ten years ago.
Or go shopping in the Haight. There are poets everywhere. Some are performing (it’s their day job). Some go to the Goodwill for bargains. They block traffic on the street when they run into each other, rave about salons and people they know and the laborFest and what-not.
Poets like to be collected. They like to jump into the net with other poets. After all they are lovers of words. Bring a few home. See if you like them.
