Usually form seems to find me in the process of writing a poem, though I have nothing against starting out with the form.
Matthea HarveyPoems can't help but be personal. Mine are certainly an accurate blueprint of the things I think about, if not a record of my daily life.
Matthea HarveyThere isn't a grand plan at work in the progression of the books with respect to the line. I do want the books to be different from each other, certainly, but I'm more aware of that on the level of theme or structure. I can tell when I'm writing the last of a particular type of poem because the writing is too easy and I start to feel queasy.
Matthea HarveyOne of my favorite titles of an art piece is "Premiรจre Communion de Jeunes Filles Chlorotiques Par Un Temps De Neige" or "First Communion of Chlorotic Young Girls in Snowy Weather" by Alphonse Allais. It's essentially a joke of a title, since the accompanying image is a simple white square.
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