How does a poem begin?
A poem begins in a moment. For me, I describe the moment as being akin to a Buddhist satori, a moment of realization. I need to experience something that is concrete and connects me to the under lying beauty or wonder of Creation. So a poem begins for me in experience. From there it moves into an image. One that I fine tune and that becomes emblematic of that moment of realization. The beginning comes from a Blakean nation of seeing the universe in a grain of sand and a need to share that vision and that moment with an audience.
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