Monday, 28 September 2020

Jacob Strautmann : part four

How do you know when a poem is finished?

When I think it’s finished, I read the poem aloud. I append to the last line a word like, “Fucker”—as if the whole poem were addressed to some fucker over there.  If it feels true I’m done. If it feels forced, it needs additional revision.

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