SUZY STUMP: NATIONAL POETRY MONTH >>>
Anyone can be a poet, you say? Actually, it doesn’t work that way. It takes dedication, more work than play. The hours are long, there is no pay. Benefits? What do you think? You’re lucky if someone buys you a drink. Then you find as you sip from your cup â€" they only did it to shut you up. Poet Laureate Billy Collins paid his dues. He performs at the Pantages tonight. Buy him a Tom Collins afterward.