And I want to say the poet is never afraid because he is unceasingly afraid, and therefore cannot become that which he already is, though of course, Mr. Kierkegaard reminds us, he must; you might say fear is the poet’s procedure, that which he has been trained to concentrate on.

I know a young poet for whom, so far, this seems to be true.

He is very cautious sharing his work, in part from fear.  .

As Ruefle suggests, he is still mastering his procedure.

But I wonder if it is fear on which he must concentrate more, or is it concentration itself that is being developed and fear is only a temporary tool for that purpose.