Craft: How to Get Back Into Writing
Eliot, Blake, "The Sweet Obsession Bleeds from Singer," Yeats, Niedecker
My focus in The Sharpener has often been on revision, or cutting out. But what about generating poems, or even shifting focus to get back into writing? The advice to simply Be Creative or treat making poems as you would a job is not always realistic, especially given the demands on our attention.
Use Everything.
Try to use all material in your life, what…
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