I wrote "Eternal Sentences" with this imperative: use simple, one-sentence lines. I borrowed this constraint from Larry Brown's short story "Boy and Dog," which appears in his wonder of a first book, "Facing the Music." What surprised me while writing "Eternal Sentences" was the absolute freedom, wildness, and invention that came from this random formal decision—I got to see myself anew.
Michael McGriff on "Waiting for the Heat to Break into Rain" |
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"Poet for Hire" Hopes to Write One Million Poems"'Think about how many people are in the world,' said Cerro, noting there are billions of potential customers on the planet. 'I’m not daunted.' To accomplish the goal of one million poems, Cerro would need to write at least 55 poems per day for 50 years. It’s a difficult task, but doable."via WSTP |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Martin Mitchell on Ellen Bryant Voigt's Messenger"She is a poet of control and precision; across decades and amid differing poetical movements, Voigt is steadfast in her adherence to a clear-eyed iambic elegy—an elegy defined most strikingly by her devotion to unsentimental self-interrogation and her equally unflinching assessments of public life." |
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