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Comment on Courage by Malika

Malika — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:37:48 +0000

It is so very interesting to see how you the writer seeks and gets an emotional backdrop that you use to anchor you as you edit, create, shape and discover the story. I am intrigued by the scissors approach to shaping the text - it is a technique I use as a poet when the poem is going no where and I want to discover a new shape, create new energy, or discover a pattern, new narrative within the words or phrases. I did not think prose writers used this approach. Can’t wait for more posts. xxx

Comment on Hawk Poem - Live Edit by Malika

Malika — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:26:34 +0000

This was fascinating and I was compelling. I am also heartened by the Sharon Olds contribution (giving permission) at last I shouted and punched the air. I am currently editing poems, so I am walking around with the printed copy and reading it asking questions, writing at the side of the poem and also writing notes and mostly questions in notebooks. It’s quite hard for me to remove myself emotionally from the work hence the question. Thank you for sharing. It is encouraging to witness the birth of a poem. See the writer vulnerable yet being strong and masterful.

Comment on Renga with Karen McCarthy Woolf & Naomi Woddis by Pascale Petit

Pascale Petit — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:27:19 +0000

Love these, “night takes hours to fall” an example of the fabulous scope and depth.X

Comment on Renga with Karen McCarthy Woolf & Naomi Woddis by jocelyn page

jocelyn page — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:50:16 +0000

hi guys - words=beautiful, pictures=stunning x

Comment on Hawk Poem - Live Edit by admin

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:44:20 +0000

I actually just did it for this exercise — althoguh there are those notes one writes when workshopping - but I’ve not recorded my thoughts this way before and it is interesting to see what you go through, in fact reading it now I’m now moving back towards the new rough draft I think is for ‘discard’. I think this is one of those ‘to be continued…’ events…x

Comment on Hawk Poem - Live Edit by jocelyn page

jocelyn page — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:19:53 +0000

karen - i found reading about your process here fascinating! that old ‘one poem’ v ‘two poems’ is one that i never enjoy as i have difficulty splitting my thoughts out…. i don’t know if you typically write ideas about a poem on the side of the paper, or if it just for this exercise, but i might try doing it myself. it may be fruitful to articulate and write out what i usually just think about. x

Comment on 30/30 Prompt - Day 1 June by Chris Clarke

Chris Clarke — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:57:27 +0000

Ooops. Repeat of tame / taming was a mistake there.

Maybe something like a “wrestlers arm” would have been better.

Comment on 30/30 Prompt - Day 1 June by Chris Clarke

Chris Clarke — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:34:15 +0000

We’re told the head is a good place to start
if you’re trying to tame the heart

or grab with a deliberate taming arm
errant emotions poised to harm, sweet eyes

who’s green flash mimics a diver’s back
fading amongst the kelp; quivering limbs

anchored to wrecks, porthole eyes empty
in the gloaming, filtering like kidneys,

the wrack, the silt, the rich tongues of stuff,
we yearn to tangle with like hands in a game

of cat’s cradle. But really it’s the stomach
we should start with; that’s where the fist of pain is.

Comment on Poems produced from 30/30 Prompt - Easter Sunday - Yellow-Clawed Hawk in Stream by Annie

Annie — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:11:04 +0000

Thanks, Karen. Particularly nice to see your wedding photo. Ax

Comment on About by why a research blog? | Feminist Memory

why a research blog? | Feminist Memory — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:46:21 +0000

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