So if all writers, novelist and poets, use imagery and metaphor and similes, if we all write with the intent to write beautiful language, is it merely the form that makes a poem a poem?
This is the thought I take with me to ponder in my dreams.
So if all writers, novelist and poets, use imagery and metaphor and similes, if we all write with the intent to write beautiful language, is it merely the form that makes a poem a poem?
This is the thought I take with me to ponder in my dreams.
I think sometimes, it’s about the insight or perspective that a writer can bring to his writing, and how the writer expresses these things. For example, last week I was reading Valerie Worth’s poem “dog.” You and I both have dogs, and we’ve both seen the lay-under-the-tree-before-sleep actions they’ve taken at one time or another. But Valerie actually thought about these actions and recorded them in such a way that the reader is left thinking, “Yes. That’s exactly it,” or wants to be part of that scene, too.
Oh Jeni, yes, I think that’s it too. A poet slows down long enough to really capture that moment and somehow make it universal to everyone who reads it.
Yay for claiming your poet’s hat!
And run get Writing the Life Poetic. I just got it for my birthday and love it and I think you will, too. It’s by Sage Cohen.
Thanks, Laura. Funny you should mention that book. I picked it up a few weeks ago but haven’t read it yet. Maybe I’ll bring it with me on the plane.
My dog’s a little guy but he doesn’t seem to know that. He chases the big ones out of his yard too.
Since not all poems rhyme, does that make a novel a verrrrrrrrrrry long poem?
Haha! On the novel being a long poem!