I would tweet this but the tweetdeck is sunk under the whales again…John Mackenzie on how to write a poem.
See also “if you will not be not content with a small result for a big effort, then do not begin.” Arnold Bennett, How to live on 24 Hours a Day (1910)
You probably already this on speaking out against unkindness; it’s J.P. Fiorentino’s latest eloquence?
Or this comparison on what qualified as poetry to communicate versus what made the cut for communicating by letter for Matthew, Arnold and Tennyson – organized by Majmudar
Donna Washington made a frustrated rant about what qualifies as story-worthy in personal narrative. Is it just feeling bad and sharing or something crafted for audience?
And to self-audit that which caught my eye as worth passing on – 4/5 is by people who are male, one of those 4 talking about 3 males. Drat.
There’s also this, the outcome of the exquisite corpse poem at Rusty Toque and the first lines all run together to a new whole.