…academics can tie themselves in some fascinating knots and, it is even rumoured, disappear up their own theories. Here’s some more commentary on poems I’ve already posted: EDEN The fruit slipped ripe into the hand The hunting hard, but always good, The trees made shade to sleep within That was the Eden we once knew [...]
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Of course, no-one, not even the “writer”, can “know” what the poem “means”, but still…
Posted by simon7banks on March 30, 2012
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Be specific
Recently I got into an on-line debate, which at times became a little sharp, about whether poems could come fully formed into the world without need for revision, or whether revision was always required. I do revise my poems, but usually on very small points, and was concerned to question an implication that high-quality, serious, [...]
Posted by simon7banks on March 5, 2012
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Impressions
By the slow-flowing river running full I saw a soldier slump and slide By the old ruined farmhouse wall I smelt the smell of burning oil If I have trouble to tell a dream And dreams invade the dreamless land Nothing is quite what it once seemed The water wavers, soil is sand. [...]
Posted by simon7banks on January 19, 2012
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Recurring images
Sometimes a particular image emerges in one poem I write and then comes back once or several times more unprompted. Sometimes there’s a bit of planning or prompting involved. I’d be keen to hear whether other poets experience the same. This is a different matter from recurring themes or topics. For example, DRAGONS are a [...]
Posted by simon7banks on January 8, 2012
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