What do you find most difficult about writing poetry?
the editing. i worry i will end up destroying the poem. the poem needs refining but also i usually love everything about it.
i am the poet who edits each line as each line is written, as the poem comes. the edits after several days are the ones that tinker my brain.
small edits are different. using the word "the" too much and thus having to remove it is easy. but a line that really brings a powerful punch and having to remove it because it is something that doesn't quite fit, that is much harder. the lines i love but are not relevant to the poem. i always try to tell myself how can i work it in even though i know there is no hope. but i worry the line may never see the light of day otherwise.
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