How do you know when a poem is finished?
Usually I hit a point that feels final, like the idea has travelled full-circle or I’ve expressed all I had to say on something. People do debate whether poems are ever really finished, though. I have old pieces I read now and would still edit, but at the time I set them down they felt complete. I suppose it’s more true that it’s us who might not be finished with the poems, rather than the other way around.
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