Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Long Poems
I've always written short poems. Most poems I write are barely 100 words, but lately I've been reading a lot of longer poems and it has made me think of writing longer poems. I've written some long poems before but I feel like after revising them they end up being a lot shorter. I think part of the problem is that I can't seem to stick with the same topic or idea for very long and if I try to write a long poem I feel like I'm forcing myself to write things I don't want to. I know that my poems don't need to be long to be good and I know that short poems can be enjoyable to a lot of people but I always feel like my poems could or should be longer.
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I find that if I try to write a lengthy poem intentionally, I babble and it loses it's creative edge and gets too prosy. To combat this if I find myself rambling I step away and reread it to see where I started off track and either delete those lines or save them to use in another poem. Although some of my poems have been longer (two pages), most are about a page give or take a few lines which seems to serve my creative muse the best. Generally though I don't start with a length in mind.
ReplyDeleteI actually just posted something about short poems. With long poems, it can be hard to stay consistent. I also think that the more you write, the less impact each coming line has. Personally, I like to stay short and make every word count.
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