Funny you should mention it.. Listening to latest installment, I was thinking along the same lines: how gratifying it must be for aspiring poets (and we’re always aspiring as poets) to have our work taken seriously.

As Simone Weil memorably put it: Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Also, yes, re: “almost-aphorisms” —there were quite a few that held my attention. The one that remains emblazoned on my mind (a mark of a good one-liner) is the one about “even though it has flaws, it's perfect.”