Ken Craft, with help from Archibald MacLeish, discusses what poetry should be (or not).
O at the Edges
Musings on poetry, language, perception, numbers, food, and anything else that slips through the cracks.
Ken Craft, with help from Archibald MacLeish, discusses what poetry should be (or not).
O at the Edges 
Inspiration by opposition… love it!
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Wonderful, isn’t it?
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Yes 😍
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Fun read. Re poetry being “for left minds” … well, it certainly would behoove the left-minded to indulge in a bit of poetry; but I consider poetry very creative and thus springing from the right-minded. Or perhaps I am so unbalanced toward the right that I’m simply missing the leftedness? Have never written a poem about poetry, but I do have one about fonts.
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A healthy blend of both left and right would probably help, with more shaded towards the right. I’d love to read your poem on fonts. Is it on your blog?
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No … I’ll put it up soon. It’s several years old, stemming from a joint chapbook effort. We were at each others’ throats over font choice. Eye-opening!
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One of the best Poem I’ve ever seen. Very inspirational and motivation.
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Glad you liked it!
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Nice post! It is quite a good read! I have started writing my own pieces of poetry. It’s not that great, as it always is in first tries :P, but, I’m improving!
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One word at a time! Read, write, revise, revise again. Repeat.
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Thanks so much for the advice!
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Good challenge, I’ll give it a shot; though I’m sure like every other thing that I write it’ll morph into some other subject.
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I seldom know what I’m writing about before I start writing. Sometimes it’s better that way. 🙂
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I’ve constructed three drafts of an Ars Poetica for my poetry workshops: it only got more difficult each time. It never gets easier each time. I definitely appreciate those well-crafted works that can discuss the nature of writing while straying from cliche!
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I often find it easier to define what something isn’t than what it is.
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“Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—” These are some of my favorite lines of all time.
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MacLeish wrote some great lines!
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