I love Garcia's "First the people had to invent ladders" and Hirschfield's "invented by others, received by others" because both gesture toward *the making* form and function. A close quote from TVF Brogan is "poetry is neither psychology nor etymology, and yet goes in hand with both. But ultimately is poetry is a poiesis." The act of invention is the site of imagination, creativity, and potential. To me this provides an ontological perspective of the writing process. In addition, I recently responded to this in another set of poems, but I love poems that have measurements in them because they are grounding. I've enjoyed reflecting on these poems.
I love Garcia's "First the people had to invent ladders" and Hirschfield's "invented by others, received by others" because both gesture toward *the making* form and function. A close quote from TVF Brogan is "poetry is neither psychology nor etymology, and yet goes in hand with both. But ultimately is poetry is a poiesis." The act of invention is the site of imagination, creativity, and potential. To me this provides an ontological perspective of the writing process. In addition, I recently responded to this in another set of poems, but I love poems that have measurements in them because they are grounding. I've enjoyed reflecting on these poems.