Friday, September 21, 2012

Does a poet write or do poets transcribe


Is it a poet that writes dialectic harmonium from his subconscious semi filter by the conscious to paint himself in words on a page unexpected to be seen?
Or is it a poet that takes an emotion a cause worthy of debating and discerning about creates a cypher which will allude some and strike dead others it may even set free.

 Free Creation
 Or

The use of words to capitulate the issue to make a statement that is subtle yet poignant.
How did Stevens become such an amazing poet? In the piece I am working on, Lions In Sweden, I marvel at the complexity and yet wonder if he knew he was going to be complex when he began to write.  Did he research the zoo or people he speaks of or did he know them and they came to mind as his soul poured out on the page.  As a romantic I want to believe the later. Yet, the unborn-genius in me wants to believe that through practice and study I could write as brilliantly.

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