Wednesday, 6 April 2022

Ryan Black : part three

How important is music to your poetry?

I remember reading Richard Hugo as an undergrad, who claims, “truth must conform to music,” and I was so utterly convinced by his argument I haven’t thought otherwise. Recently, I’ve become more and more drawn to spareness in poetry. A quieter, subtler music. More Chopin than Liszt.

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