Why Write in Form? by Rebecca Hazelton | Poetry Foundation
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Why Write in Form? by Rebecca Hazelton | Poetry Foundation
Rather than the uncertainty I saw in free verse poetry, rhyme and rhythm gave me rules to work with, elements of certainty with which I could create and build. To truly develop as a poet and a spiritual writer, these are elements you should look at too.
Andrew Anderson • The Ritual of Writing: Writing as Spiritual Practice
Students often feel guilty about modeling their writing on someone else’s writing. They think it’s unethical—which is commendable. Or they’re afraid they’ll lose their own identity. The point, however, is that we eventually move beyond our models; we take what we need and then we shed those skins and become who we are supposed to become. But nobody
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The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all.
T. S. Eliot • Tradition and the Individual Talent by T. S. Eliot | Poetry Foundation
It is this mastery of form that the Japanese method of instruction seeks to inculcate. Practice, repetition, and repetition of the repeated with ever increasing intensity are its distinctive features for long stretches of the way.
Eugen Herrigel • Zen in the Art of Archery
YOUR DEFECTS An empty mirror and your worst destructive habits, when they are held up to each other, that’s when the real making begins. That’s what art and crafting are. A tailor needs a torn garment to practice his expertise. The trunks of trees must be cut and cut again so they can be used for fine carpentry. Your doctor must have a broken leg t
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