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To: txnativegop

I do care.

I love the combination of individualism in your pattern, along with your formal understanding of what you’re doing. I absolutely believe that there are body rhythms in all of us and that the most natural way to write is to be sensitive to the rhythm rather than coerced to a formal pattern developed by someone else.

When looking deep at the guts of poetry, one thing that amazed me was the variability from formal shapes. Almost every single line was off in syllables or accent, even among those best known for rigid formulation. If that’s the case, then why stick with the formal forms to start with?

So, yes, what you’re doing sounds great!


16 posted on 10/08/2017 5:46:23 PM PDT by mairdie
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To: mairdie

Thank you so much for the compliment, mairdie.

That is truly meaningful for me.

txnativegop


17 posted on 10/08/2017 5:49:04 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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