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Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing.
Alec Nevala-Lee
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Absolutely. I screen a fair amount of poetry for a publication and have come across some wonderful imagery. Everything seems to be coming along nicely and then the poet ties a trite little bow on it. Sometimes they run out of momentum or they’re trying to write extemporaneously to “be authentic” rather than doing a little planning.
I’ve been enjoying your posts over the past couple of months. I appreciate the time and care you put into each one. Cheers!
noogiefilmore
January 31, 2013 at 11:49 am
Thanks so much! (BTW, anyone who reads that much unsolicited poetry is a braver man than I am.)
nevalalee
January 31, 2013 at 7:44 pm