Now, that can be a traditional form or it can be something you're inventing. It can be the development of a metaphor, the working through of a metaphor.
Edward HirschWorks of art imitate and provoke other works of art, the process is the source of art itself.
Edward HirschAs a reader you have a task to do, you have something to do. You bring your experience to it. It's not all inherit in the poem.
Edward HirschAnd what I've found over time is that for me to write a poem that I think is worthy that I can live with, two things have to happen.
Edward Hirsch