In reference Chapter 2 of Writing Poetry:
I still am completely at a loss when it comes to "form" in my writing. I have never done poetry before this class, so I must say--the blank page scares me. Words on the page is a little scary, too since I don't know how to arrange them. However, I like what Davidson and Fraser say: "Let form and structure dawn on you rather than direct you." This past week I have been taking their advice of writing down the page (the expansion contraction process) and then throwing away the junk and compiling the good stuff. It definitely helps me get words on the page, and since I prefer novels and short stories to poetry I feel a little more in my comfort zone! Still, I sometimes feel that I cannot defer from telling a story...the writing "randomness" aspect of poetry doesn't come naturally to me. I feel like everything I write should make sense and be accessible/understandable to anyone, but I am trying to break away from that.
Another point I found interesting in this chapter was the “finishing” of a poem. In the few poems that I have written over these past two weeks I have found myself wondering, “Is this poem finished?” I definitely love the idea of continuing to work on the same poem for lengthy periods of time—it provides for a lot more potential for the work.
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