tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post7138932002854995643..comments2023-10-24T06:55:48.859-07:00Comments on HERE, WHERE I AM: A PATCHWORK OF POEMSKathryn Stripling Byerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-36597248450014190302009-02-03T12:50:00.000-08:002009-02-03T12:50:00.000-08:00Glenda, you should always feel good about yourself...Glenda, you should always feel good about yourself!<BR/>And Susan, you are right--the work is never done. Deadlines and submissions do help us say, at least for the momen--basta! That's why I like deadlines. They are something concrete. Right now I am worrying over lineation. Susan, you asked me about that a few days back. It's probably the most worrisome thing in poetry-writing. And I have gone back and changed lineation months after thinking a poem was finished. We are all in the same labor--to make our words matter! And it takes a liftetime.Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-44876461371536303562009-02-03T01:50:00.000-08:002009-02-03T01:50:00.000-08:00Oh, I definitely agree with that sentiment, no mat...Oh, I definitely agree with that sentiment, no matter who said it. Every poem I have written seems to need more work. I think sending them off is just a way of making ourselves stop messing with them. Of course, then we have the option of changing them around so it's like another poem that can be sent elsewhere. (The work is never done.)Susan M. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02925109035133133812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-41239514867409748812009-02-02T23:27:00.000-08:002009-02-02T23:27:00.000-08:00I can never decide if a poem is finished. Just whe...I can never decide if a poem is finished. Just when I decide to send a poem, I read it over and begin rewriting again. My chapbook manuscript is still on my desk and waiting for me to pronounce it done.<BR/>Now that I know you have the same problem, Kay, I feel better about myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-91994786662269136032009-02-02T17:55:00.000-08:002009-02-02T17:55:00.000-08:00Well, Vicki, some poems might lend themselves to a...Well, Vicki, some poems might lend themselves to a whole book more than others. I'm wondering how far you might get with WCW's Red Wheelbarrow, for example. As for knowing when a poem's finished, I guess it's a decison made on a wing and a prayer. That's why I don't like re-reading my poems right after they are in print.Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-37007043868450996472009-02-02T16:37:00.000-08:002009-02-02T16:37:00.000-08:00How in the world DO you know when a poem is finish...How in the world DO you know when a poem is finished? My few attempts get changed every time I re-read them. One could make a whole book, I think, on the evolution of a single poem.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.com