The dVerse Poets Pub prompt for Poetics is Blue Tuesday. Sarah challenges us to write Blue poems which gave me an idea for another redraft, “Put a color on it.” This a great way to think about revising to emotion as well. When you’ve identified the mood and emotion you want your poem to convey,Continue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Five: New Redrafting Ideas”
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Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Four: More Redrafting
Preparing for today’s redrafting After all my redrafts, I plan to make my final choices and send a draft off for some feedback. I plan to try both Scribophile and Poetry Free for All. Both of these sites expect you to give feedback before you post asking for feedback, so I thought I would getContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Four: More Redrafting”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Three: Redrafting
The poem as I left it last: She stares out the kitchen window An impression arrests fruit flies in kitchen sinks full of ideasfrozen mid-irritation, like tinnitus of Meniere’s before the dizzying vertigostepping out of a spiral, the view becomes clear, as if finallyfinding the source of wafting, permeating decay Contentment empties the glue ofContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Three: Redrafting”
Revising Poetry: Creating a process
A Seed of Hope The seed yet planted has potentialit may be the one to burst into sproutthe tiny green hope watched by the discerning eyenot ignored as the yellow flowers in the garden,the kale gone to seed soon composted to clear the way That quadrille (a poem of 44 words) in response to today’sContinue reading “Revising Poetry: Creating a process”
The Rabbit Hole of Revisions: guest post by Ferrell Hornsby
So, you’ve finished the first draft of your current work in progress. The hard work is done now, right? Not quite. Just because you’ve typed “The End” doesn’t mean your work is ready for the world to see. There are sure to be typos, missed punctuation, and (gasp) even plot holes that need to beContinue reading “The Rabbit Hole of Revisions: guest post by Ferrell Hornsby”
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