Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Great Regulars: What I'm looking for are poems that

renew our perception of something familiar, that say something inimical about it, or something close to the bone. Don't let your language be too loose. Wrap it carefully around the theme so that there's nothing there that hasn't merited its place. I'd be delighted to read poems with a structure that says as much as the words themselves--a sonnet perhaps, for its tendency to negotiate limit and liberty--for skin itself gives structure and limit. A tasteful re-telling or adaptation of Greek myth, or a love poem, wouldn't go amiss either.

from The Guardian: Rachael Boast's poetry workshop

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