How does a poem begin?
For me, poems (and
writing in general) begins in reading. I find the poems of mine that I like the
most are in response to other texts; those texts are not always poems but
include essays, novels, short stories, newspaper articles, Facebook posts. I
would attach to this fine art: paintings, sculpture, installations. Other
people’s ideas and arguments are always the most stimulating for me and then I
am trying to write in conversation with those exciting ideas, add something to
what they are writing and acknowledge where my thoughts came from. I am always
aware that my writing exists in dense networks of other writing and I try to
utilize those networks as best I can.
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