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An old way of writing
this I hello, I, you, we,
sailing on in a sea of
words are what we are.
I made this little boat
for us to sail in, not
so seaworthy, but
fit for two, we.
We: I, you, we set sail
salty seas, sea salt stings
my lips, the ocean
says ocean noises.
Wordy paper sailboats
we sail, I steer, you
pull the ropes of
corded syllables
from my lips, wet,
my mind, salty sea
churning, words
crashing, receding
We, our little boat,
I you we, sail me
through my mind,
we set sail.
Blah blah goes below: I've avoided writing poetry in the first person for a while now, since
the start of first quarter this year. In my second quarter I decided to
tear down my poetic style and rebuild it from the ground up, partly
based on the principles of journalism writing, as well as my own
considerations. This was very difficult but seems to have improved my
writing overall, and created a very interesting style and tone. What
you are about to read, however, is something else entirely. In the past
2 weeks I have begun to write a short story in earnest, and have began
reading rather large amounts of short fiction (which I enjoy
immensely). I think these things, combined with a three or four week
break from poetry has allowed me to disengage a little from the rigid
constraints I'd placed upon the writing. This return to a more standard
free verse poetry form, with its egocentric narration and confidential,
friendly tone, may be a good thing, if I develop it the right way. It's
always good to be continually experimenting and perfecting multiple
forms, I think.This new style is a hybrid form- it combines elements of my oldest
styles, with standard poetry, as well as some of the language choices
of my new style, as well as a certain type of logic/linguistic play
that I've experiment with recently with separately from everything
else.
However, I must not abandon the other style I spent so much time
developing this year. I've written some of my best poems with it. (I'm not sure I want to post these yet, but I'll email them on request.)
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