I just wrapped up the finishing touches on the longest poem I’ve ever written. I’ve been tinkering with it now for about three years, off and on. Some of that time has been spent ruminating, not writing, which is still writing.
It’s the kind of poem that some people will read and say is too wordy. [...]
Deborah Ager asks, “When to quit a poem?”
I’ve thought about this a lot lately. I said a while back that I was about ready to retire Rumsfeld’s Sandbox and start on something new. Of course, this is a book of poems, but the principle should hold for projects as well as individual poems. When it’s [...]
One of the best aspects of writing poetry is the surprise that it so often lends – not to the reader, but to the writer. Me.
I am currently revising a poem that I’ve spent a great deal of time on. I’d tried it several different ways and it’s always felt stilted and contrived. But I’ve [...]