Comments on: the life poetic: the art of revision http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/10/the-life-poetic-the-art-of-revision/ Mon, 03 May 2010 01:01:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: The Daily Globe | Portland, OR » Blog Archive » Short Stories: Portland Lit Around the Web http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/10/the-life-poetic-the-art-of-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-15429 The Daily Globe | Portland, OR » Blog Archive » Short Stories: Portland Lit Around the Web Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:30:12 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8439#comment-15429 [...] Cohen’s article “The Life Poetic: The Art of Revision” is up on Read Write Poem: One of the trickiest –– and most liberating –– aspects of [...] [...] Cohen’s article “The Life Poetic: The Art of Revision” is up on Read Write Poem: One of the trickiest –– and most liberating –– aspects of [...]

]]> By: Sage Cohen http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/10/the-life-poetic-the-art-of-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-13895 Sage Cohen Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:33:40 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8439#comment-13895 My pleasure! I think the most important thing is to know and respect our own process and relationship with poems over time. I offer what has worked for me and for many students of mine...and my hope is that you will take in whatever is of value to you -- and leave the rest. But before you decide for sure, have some fun experimenting... My pleasure! I think the most important thing is to know and respect our own process and relationship with poems over time. I offer what has worked for me and for many students of mine…and my hope is that you will take in whatever is of value to you — and leave the rest. But before you decide for sure, have some fun experimenting…

]]> By: barbara_y http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/10/the-life-poetic-the-art-of-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-13644 barbara_y Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:02:18 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8439#comment-13644 Good suggestions. That first one might help me a lot. Good suggestions. That first one might help me a lot.

]]> By: Karen http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/10/the-life-poetic-the-art-of-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-13516 Karen Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:46:57 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8439#comment-13516 In a sense, I feel my poems are always drafts. Seldom do I think, "Ah! There." Thanks for the suggestions. In a sense, I feel my poems are always drafts. Seldom do I think, “Ah! There.”

Thanks for the suggestions.

]]> By: Therese L. Broderick http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/10/the-life-poetic-the-art-of-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-13506 Therese L. Broderick Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:26:56 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8439#comment-13506 Great checklist of questions to ask during revision! Reading my poems out loud (just to myself) helps me to figure out what elements need revision. I admire poets who work for years on a poem. Great checklist of questions to ask during revision! Reading my poems out loud (just to myself) helps me to figure out what elements need revision.

I admire poets who work for years on a poem.

]]> By: Neil Reid http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/10/the-life-poetic-the-art-of-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-13503 Neil Reid Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:38:15 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8439#comment-13503 Is it just a matter of language, personally? You know, what we speak in common and what internally we really mean. For some reason I don't much care for that casual word, "draft", implying it seems, this one don't count. I mean every poem to be done when pen goes back to the desk. A mindset perhaps. (And oft enough, I fail, but so what.) Yet I've no fixed-in-stone mentality towards returning when other words better suggest themselves. Sometimes it is a study in precise vocabulary. While after months or years, a whole new perspective may arise taking only the bones of what first was writ. Always liking that soft voice, if it arrives, and says - this is right, this is right. And best wisdom I ever heard - it's only one poem, now move on. Won't solve world hunger, not even cure the common cold! Take all to heart but not seriously. (Yes, meaning play!) Thank you for this well said article. And yea, the editor we can't escape is yet best to the co-pilot's seat. It always gets its turn in time. Is it just a matter of language, personally? You know, what we speak in common and what internally we really mean. For some reason I don’t much care for that casual word, “draft”, implying it seems, this one don’t count. I mean every poem to be done when pen goes back to the desk. A mindset perhaps. (And oft enough, I fail, but so what.)

Yet I’ve no fixed-in-stone mentality towards returning when other words better suggest themselves. Sometimes it is a study in precise vocabulary. While after months or years, a whole new perspective may arise taking only the bones of what first was writ. Always liking that soft voice, if it arrives, and says – this is right, this is right.

And best wisdom I ever heard – it’s only one poem, now move on. Won’t solve world hunger, not even cure the common cold! Take all to heart but not seriously. (Yes, meaning play!)

Thank you for this well said article. And yea, the editor we can’t escape is yet best to the co-pilot’s seat. It always gets its turn in time.

]]> By: Jessie Carty http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/10/the-life-poetic-the-art-of-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-13495 Jessie Carty Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:44:08 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8439#comment-13495 some really fantastic tips here, many which could also be applied to other genres :) some really fantastic tips here, many which could also be applied to other genres :)

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