When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author?
The answer is different depending on what I need at the time. When I need to be rejuvenated to the act of writing itself, and pressure myself along to keep doing the work, I can come back to “Song” by Brigit Pegeen Kelly, and be reminded of what a poem should strive to do. When I need to be rejuvenated to the absurd, to allow myself to take more risks and do things in a poem I normally might feel uncomfortable with, I can go back to James Tate and Tomas Transtromer to find the unexpected.
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