a fantastic collection of inventories. thank you! I look forward to these collected poems every time. Perhaps it is a trade secret, but would you be willing to share how you collect these poems? do you just remember them after reading, or keep an inventory index in an notebook, or copies on your computer, or scrapbook or filing cabinet or something else? How do you sort through the vast range of poetry you read to find just the right fit, and how long does it usually take to collect a set--in other words, do you go hunting on a theme or do you slowly accumulate until one emerges?
Thank you for your question. Selecting the poems is a process that I do several months in advance. I have a giant poetry library, have an index in my computer, and have a so-called "photographic memory," so can easily find a set of poems on a particular theme and can do multiple sets per day when I work on it. Themes for future Sharpeners: late life romance, tyrants, nine, midnight, rites, wasp, finish, tattoo, extinction, and glasses.
Thank you for your answer! I look forward to these future Sharpeners ('wasp' in particular--I have a wasp poem I've been working on and look forward to finding it's company). Also, I just today read your book Today in the Taxi and I could have lived in it for so much longer--it will live with me to be sure. Your "poem video" of B-Sharp Blues is a delight. Thank you for all of this.
a fantastic collection of inventories. thank you! I look forward to these collected poems every time. Perhaps it is a trade secret, but would you be willing to share how you collect these poems? do you just remember them after reading, or keep an inventory index in an notebook, or copies on your computer, or scrapbook or filing cabinet or something else? How do you sort through the vast range of poetry you read to find just the right fit, and how long does it usually take to collect a set--in other words, do you go hunting on a theme or do you slowly accumulate until one emerges?
Thank you for your question. Selecting the poems is a process that I do several months in advance. I have a giant poetry library, have an index in my computer, and have a so-called "photographic memory," so can easily find a set of poems on a particular theme and can do multiple sets per day when I work on it. Themes for future Sharpeners: late life romance, tyrants, nine, midnight, rites, wasp, finish, tattoo, extinction, and glasses.
Thank you for your answer! I look forward to these future Sharpeners ('wasp' in particular--I have a wasp poem I've been working on and look forward to finding it's company). Also, I just today read your book Today in the Taxi and I could have lived in it for so much longer--it will live with me to be sure. Your "poem video" of B-Sharp Blues is a delight. Thank you for all of this.