Even if I had not read Faulkner by the time I marriedPam,

my Mississippi wife, I would have read him via her. A friend sent me this link about connections between poetry, novels, and short stories, starting with Faulkner's views.

     One day I will write a novel, or so I have been telling myself for years. There is a rough draft somewhere. Occasionally I think abaft distilling a short story or two from it. And then I write a poem that is unrelated.

     some friends say they enjoy the stories in my poems, so maybe that is how I do it!  Ponder the link! Thanks, David Ewanick!

http://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/402852491/william-faulkner-makes-us-wonder-whats-so-great-about-poetry-anyhow