When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author?
I generally pickup a book of poetry that is new to me. The novelty, the discovery of new work is often enough to jumpstart the dead battery of my creativity. I also have four individual poems pinned up above my writing desk, pieces by James Tate, Wendell Berry, David Berman and Nelson Ball, all which I know by heart. Rereading those, reading them aloud, reciting them like an incantation, each very different from the other, often gives me some shift in perspective that I need to move forward. Usually it’s simply a reminder that a poem can be many things and anything.
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