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kill your darlings...
Contributed by
zenmind
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Tuesday, 11th September 2007 @ 07:19:50 AM in AEST
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In this writing assignment, each stanza follows 7-5-7-5 word pattern, line by line. This poem is inspired by a William Faulkner quote, who when asked if he had any advice to poets, said "kill your darlings". The idea of stripping away unecessary words, phrases, stanzas etc. to "find the poem" really appeals to me. Rather than adding/decorating more material, the art is in stripping away material similar to how a sculpter works. Allowing yourself to let go of material that you might find inspirational or worthwhile is important if the poet wishes to go beyond what he has already achieved.
kill your darlings, those muddled and cluttered
paper rocks--kill them lovingly
sparing only the jagged edges joined partially
by a spider's single strand
rearrange and unwind skeptical scavengers before holding
in your palm, a message
which lies behind language, the old man
staring silently, a delicate profile
wrinkled and amused, being blind, hardly remembers
these darlings, and while hidden
his cold grey skin darkens when sung
in poems, stories, old memories
swept away like childhood, the quiet neighborhood
forgotten, reinvents itself in death,
and like birth, discovers who it was
before any reluctant thought occurred
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Re: kill your darlings...
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by endlesspath on
Tuesday, 11th September 2007 @ 11:03:11 AM AEST
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i found this write, to be very good. different and straight forward. as you said no extras. creative writing is a good way to go. very imaginative with the words penned
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Re: kill your darlings...
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by deadheadpoet on
Tuesday, 11th September 2007 @ 11:04:43 PM AEST
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Well penned. I quite enjoyed your intro and the poem. Thanks for sharing.
Peace,
Laura |
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Re: kill your darlings...
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by Former_Member on
Wednesday, 12th September 2007 @ 02:13:53 AM AEST
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A very enjoyable excersice, which to me seems you secceded at!
Growth by omission, what a wonderful idea! |
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Re: kill your darlings...
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by Whisper on
Friday, 12th October 2007 @ 04:13:14 AM AEST
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Intersting Thank you for sharing
At times less is more
Whisper |
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Re: kill your darlings...
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by ladyfawn on
Monday, 21st July 2014 @ 12:10:59 AM AEST
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truly beautiful, you are right, unnecessary words are-unnecessary!
hugs n' love nessa |
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