Your voice is dim
Your words break up
As if your call
Is from years past
And not across
Mere miles
k
Posts Tagged ‘Poetry’
01Jan13
Posted in Writing, tagged creative writing, Poetry, Writing on 01 Jan 2013| Leave a Comment »
Poetry as a Tool
Posted in Culture, Writing, tagged creative writing, modern poetry, Poetry, Writing, writing techniques, writing tips on 17 Nov 2012| Leave a Comment »
I am not a poet. Well, no more than the next person, I’d say. But as a writer, I think poetry is a useful tool. I learn from writing poetry, whether it’s free verse or a more formal structure. Like etudes to the pianist, I learn technique through poetry. I learn how to be spare.
I put some of my poetry online here, today, a new annex off the Writing page. Some of them still make me smile. Many are bittersweet, as that’s the mood that most resonates with my Inner Poet. Rueful, I guess.
In my opinion, poetry should not read like prose, as so often happens these days. Like a lot of modern art, I think a lot of modern poetry is a sham. But I’m an old, crusty curmudgeon, so what do I know, eh?
k
On Plums
Posted in Food, Writing, tagged Food, Plums, Poetry, william carlos williams, work of a master on 11 Sep 2012| Leave a Comment »
I came across this yesterday. The work of a master.
This is Just to Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Kurt R.A. Giambastiani 