BACK FROM COLD, BLINDING BEACH
Ways to Catch Light
J.B. Rowell
in long curls of translucent
green piping that crash
again and again
into quivering foam
netted in scalloped edges
before receding under
dappled surface
stretched over depth
silk gown liquefaction
movement and blinding
glare through sliding glass
door in early morning
when leaded hotel curtains
are pulled aside with wands
posted by J.B. Rowell at 7:28 AM
3 Comments:
hi Julia, these last two poems you posted are very nice. I wondered how you feel about articles in poems.
I notice some poets seem to cut them almost entirely and I wondered whether there's some school of thought on that?
Hi Moon!
Thanks for the compliment. I don't have an over-riding opinion about articles. I've found them to be distracting in some poems, and distracting when they're not in others. There is a school - or maybe just poets known for it. But which is escaping me . . . if there is anyone more knowledgable out there about this - please step in and shed some light. What do you think Moon?
I find like you, that sometimes I miss them, and sometimes they're distracting.
I have read some poems that are so minimalist and chopped back that they read like note-taking.
An editor here told me (actually he's told me several times), to always write in complete sentences, and I would if I knew what a complete sentence was, lol.
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