News at Eleven: I kind of work from the ground up

with the language, then the idea, and then somewhere along the way I think, "Well, this potato is interesting, but could it be more interesting to recast it as something else?" And again, what makes you rethink patriotism can also make you rethink potatoes. Poetry, I think, should make you re-see things you take for granted all the time--whether it's a potato or the word "patriot."

from phillyBurbs.com: An interview with poet Mark Yakich

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