I was learning the craft of poetry, which really was an intensive version of what my mother had taught me all those years ago—the craft of writing… Read more “The Craft Of Writing Is The Craft Of Thinking”
Day: September 30, 2019
Verbs Over Nouns
So you must wake up every morning knowing that no promise is unbreakable, least of all the promise of waking up at all. This is not despair.… Read more “Verbs Over Nouns”
Loose And Useless Words Must Be Discarded
Poetry aims for an economy of truth—loose and useless words must be discarded, and I found that these loose and useless words were not separate from loose… Read more “Loose And Useless Words Must Be Discarded”