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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware 
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(Significant rewrite of a 4/99 poem) It is elusive Trying to tie down thoughts Like Will O' the Wisp Or brush of Angel's wing To conceive a poem Stuck in the cervix of my brain What line will give this verse the flow? Which word conveys the meaning best? What truth will print itself on reader's brain? What metaphor, what simile Will cause a turn of head? Can a tenuous thread rolled thinner still Tie disparate themes Make the greater truth? Or must I once again Be visual, emotional, exposed over again Drop logic down the drain In favor of passion's deep emotion Lay mental pictures colored, Extreme or grieving What picture will this piece conceive? Can cruel logic wash away poetic thought Or will concepts fresh and vigorous Lay scents on poetic air Tastes of exotic flavors Reach through the ether to the mental palate Only in the writing Do I Favor the penning Over the conception ~You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. ~ Billy Wilder |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
OH Bill...you describe the process so wonderfully...I really enjoy watching your mind work...XXXX |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Very nice, indeed, Wil... There's a real art in the construction of a poem - at least in my mind there is.... The trick, of course, is to make it appear not to have taken a week to write it... You've done a fine job on this "how to"...  |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Paula- Watching too much could give you a headache - I don't recommend it  Thanks Nan- If I've described your process too - I feel for you - sometimes it even gives me a headache  Thanks |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Wil, ditto Nan and Paula. You've constructed the "how to" and made it look so easy. How do you do it? Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Bill--Yes...just what I was thinking..only I couldn't put it into words like this, so how come I still have a headache?...well done poem! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I would pen a poem on elusivity, but I can't seem to pin it down... this is wonderful... Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?...KRJ |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Kethry- I've no control of my pen sometimes - it controls me - it helped this time ~S~ but when I want it to - it won't ~G~ thank you Marte- headaches come and go - writing helps ~S~ thank you Karilea- some one once asked me which i thought worse: ignorance or apathy - I replied "I don't know and I don't care" - ~G~ thanks |
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