tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post4560865224283015838..comments2024-03-05T14:43:58.777-08:00Comments on Rogue Strands: The story of a poemMatthew Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-69639475972268826682016-06-13T00:53:41.775-07:002016-06-13T00:53:41.775-07:00Hi Davina,
Thanks for commenting. I agree 100%, b...Hi Davina,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting. I agree 100%, but there's also role reversal at times, isn't there? Certain poems hunt us down and force us to write them!Matthew Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-63991728905110760892016-06-10T11:59:36.265-07:002016-06-10T11:59:36.265-07:00We circle around our poems, eyeing them as a rapto...We circle around our poems, eyeing them as a raptor eyes prey - and it takes as long as it takes. Sometimes it's 15 years (or more) before a poem breaks free and finds its place, perhaps in a magazine, perhaps in a pamphlet, perhaps in a book. If the poem is a true, and relates to whatever is happening in the poet's route through writing and ways of writing then that's all that matters.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14677444908401608001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-19036858838529474432016-06-09T03:09:38.490-07:002016-06-09T03:09:38.490-07:00Hi Clarissa,
Thanks for commenting. Like you, I&#...Hi Clarissa,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting. Like you, I've had to discard a lot of rubbish over the years, but sometimes poems just click unexpectedly or fit in the tone and cadence of a manuscript...Matthew Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-27299505605597858242016-06-09T02:56:19.906-07:002016-06-09T02:56:19.906-07:00I think some people automatically discount verse t...I think some people automatically discount verse they wrote many years ago if it wasn't published at the time, so it's nice to read this story. I know I wouldn't want to publish a lot of what I wrote in my early twenties (ie. ten years ago or more...). On the other hand, in the last couple of years I've had a few poems published which were written around that time. One was a runner-up in a competition and was published in an accompanying anthology, and I think I was 21 when I wrote it, maybe 22. Another which I wrote when I was 24 was recently published and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and yet another I wrote around the same time has just been accepted. Sometimes you just know that a poem is worth trying with, even it takes years to find it a home, and whether or not it needs considerable revision.Clarissa Aykroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571136118573329263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-24124514107959358692016-06-09T02:29:29.314-07:002016-06-09T02:29:29.314-07:00Dear Matthew
It's funny how you can write som...Dear Matthew<br /><br />It's funny how you can write some poems straight out and others you really have to wrestle with. My fine poet father used to say that writing a poem was a bit like throwing a pot. Sometimes it's perfect but far more often it requires a lot of work to make it remotely acceptable.<br /><br />Best wishes from Simon R. GladdishPoetry Pleases!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16686247991180317838noreply@blogger.com