sometimes all it needs is a little tweaking. a long poem might need to be broken down into smaller ones. a little bit of playing with the lines. sometimes simpler line-breaks can convey a lot of complex thoughts and realities.
a poem is just that--one poem. It doesn't need to do everything. On the other hand, sometimes a long poem divided into multiple sections, needs more breathing space than say, a sonnet. White space is an essential part of the poem, the book, the artifact.
i am not someone who believes too much in "less is more. No, less is less. In order to make less into more, we have to expand ourselves. Work harder. Figure out more imaginative ways to think through both the material and the language. But what I have come to recognize, more needs its own space. Sometimes that "own space" means more than just "one poem." And sometimes, it means "more than one book." That is, more work.
And sometimes, coffee breaks. With or without friends.
a poem is just that--one poem. It doesn't need to do everything. On the other hand, sometimes a long poem divided into multiple sections, needs more breathing space than say, a sonnet. White space is an essential part of the poem, the book, the artifact.
i am not someone who believes too much in "less is more. No, less is less. In order to make less into more, we have to expand ourselves. Work harder. Figure out more imaginative ways to think through both the material and the language. But what I have come to recognize, more needs its own space. Sometimes that "own space" means more than just "one poem." And sometimes, it means "more than one book." That is, more work.
And sometimes, coffee breaks. With or without friends.
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