Like Tamsin, I also saw the slashes as representative of wings 😍 a beautiful poem and I’m excited to try this three word idea - I’m definitely not usually good at paring things back so I think this will be a great exercise!
Excellent essay! Decades ago, I heard a monologue in a TV drama would have been lost, but I heard a poem needing its own container, so I placed the same words inside the poetic shaping, showing it to a few friends.
Nearly 25 years later, one of those friends contacted me and said how much of an impact that poem had on them.
Love this deepening of form and the poem, thank you. I agree that it is a dance between both. Sometimes the structure helps bring the words into context and other times the words just pour through me in the form they demand to exist. So many water puns lol ;)
Wow. I felt the slashes as wing beats.
Three words, eh?
Could be difficult
Could be fun
I’ll take it
And run, run
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Apologies feeling teaseful this morning.
The words pulled me out into my garden, dressing gown and all and it was just magic. Thank you 🙏
Really looking forward to trying this! Love the idea of form as light.
Like Tamsin, I also saw the slashes as representative of wings 😍 a beautiful poem and I’m excited to try this three word idea - I’m definitely not usually good at paring things back so I think this will be a great exercise!
Love the absolute freedom in this poem. Beautiful.
Excellent essay! Decades ago, I heard a monologue in a TV drama would have been lost, but I heard a poem needing its own container, so I placed the same words inside the poetic shaping, showing it to a few friends.
Nearly 25 years later, one of those friends contacted me and said how much of an impact that poem had on them.
Containers matter.
Love this deepening of form and the poem, thank you. I agree that it is a dance between both. Sometimes the structure helps bring the words into context and other times the words just pour through me in the form they demand to exist. So many water puns lol ;)
Beautiful, the poem brought to life so much imagery as I read 💛