For their good counsel on mastery of craft of poesy through the ages, D. V. Andrews is indebted to James S. Torrens, Dana Gioia, Frederick Turner, Christopher Sindt, Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, Brenda Hillman, James Matthew Wilson, Gaham Foust, Ben Lerner, Michael Palmer, Joyelle McSweeney, Mary Jo Bang, Claire Hero, and Carl Phillips.