Thank you, I am relatively new to this craft and experiencing first hand the ways the poems are changing me and changing themselves over time. Trying to watch it happen and not think about it too much.
Poetry is meditation and epiphany for me. Therapy, too. Polishing a poem now, after being way-too-triggered by a MAGA radicalized pal. Heartbreaking. Enraging. Lots to work thru, but I know throwing hate at hate isn't the solution.
"excavating artifacts to unearth how, how, how
could I have gotten myself into this mess?"
great lines!
Thank you, I am relatively new to this craft and experiencing first hand the ways the poems are changing me and changing themselves over time. Trying to watch it happen and not think about it too much.
Poetry is meditation and epiphany for me. Therapy, too. Polishing a poem now, after being way-too-triggered by a MAGA radicalized pal. Heartbreaking. Enraging. Lots to work thru, but I know throwing hate at hate isn't the solution.