How I Write A Poem by Greenwolfe 1962
I do not go to my poems , they come to me . When they do come to me , it is in one of two ways . Iimages or ideas and concepts . When they come to me as images , it is in the form of a dream or a picture of some kind that sticks in my mind and gives rise to a thought or an imaginary sequence of events that may have occurred either before or after I saw it in my dream or pictured it as it happened . The fun part of creating this way , is the fact that you have complete and total freedom in your imagination to tell any story you wish to tell . I much prefer to have my poems come this way . With respect to ideas or concepts ; it is much more difficult to make use of those because in a sense you wind up trying to create your own visual images of what you want to say . This is the hardest thing to do in poetry in my view . That is because you are asking your mind to remained focused on the point you are making while at the same time it has to execute the pattern or structure you are following . Thank God , the execution of structure is easy for me . It is because this necessary part of writing is so easy , that the writing of rhythm and rhyme causes me no difficulty . I do not struggle technically with the construction of a poem . It is the strongest part of what I do and may be the weakest of what others do . Everyone can express themselves fairly well . It is making the expression attractive to the reader that is what most writers lack in the area of poetry . I wish there was an easy tip to give to everyone to make them better at this , but it really boils down to the degree to which the writer is cares about the reader . If the writer cares , they can improve greatly . If they don't , they never will .
The First In A Series On How I Write A Poem .
Greenwolfe 1962
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