BIRTH OF A POEM

"For me a poem is living and breathing," says Tina Chang, Brooklyn's poet laureate (yes, there is such a thing). Such declarations always sound a bit vague and pretentious. Yet Chang ends up owning this statement, and even imbuing it with a demystifying beauty over the course of this audio slideshow about her approach to writing poetry, from the New York Times. 

"I almost think of myself as a stenographer," she explains. "I'm listening and I‘m typing as fast as I can. I tell myself ‘don’t judge, don’t judge, just type’….I then start to work very carefully, almost like a sculptor works with clay.”

 

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Poets and Poetry

March 29, 2010 - 04:11 — Visitor (not verified)

After reading this write up I couldn't stop myself from quoting a line from Bhuwan Thapaliya, my favorite poet. Here it goes:

"Poetry is nothing but the foot fall of the poet's heart in the boulevard of the reality."