tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.comments2023-12-25T00:22:13.273-08:00The White Space Inside the PoemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-68087714451630647042019-03-13T17:17:09.141-07:002019-03-13T17:17:09.141-07:00Hi Susan,
I love reading how you work through a pr...Hi Susan,<br />I love reading how you work through a process in your poem. I love that if you don’t want to read it it might not be done. Are poems ever done? Some poems take years and decades and they don’t end then. Instead they birth other poems and turn into other poems. I know and don’t know how to help them grow to communicate with a reader. My revision process feels like the progress a snail makes, it feels that I might not get to the end of it, so it feels alive, flexible. I have to uncover the dream. And create the dream while I’m wide awake. I guess it is like playing- trying things on for a while. Although It is uniquely dressed even when it hasn’t yet arrived. Thank you!<br />Sarah Case AntineAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432457350442941052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-47197346580665907572018-07-25T10:21:35.898-07:002018-07-25T10:21:35.898-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Kristin Ohlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08961884344605729368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-7839081222948470642017-01-09T09:22:42.295-08:002017-01-09T09:22:42.295-08:00Happy New Year, Michael!Happy New Year, Michael!susan grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-84090595987842415942017-01-08T11:37:54.676-08:002017-01-08T11:37:54.676-08:00I love the final scene in "The Usual Suspects...I love the final scene in "The Usual Suspects" where Kevin Spacey leaves the station and slowly becomes himself. Happy New Year to you and your sister. Michael Lawlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872581133344179082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-81892409891100961012016-07-05T12:04:22.348-07:002016-07-05T12:04:22.348-07:00Commented at Clevelandpoetics: http://clevelandpoe...Commented at Clevelandpoetics: http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2016/07/creating-order.htmlGeoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-46387872619047360162016-07-03T14:47:40.781-07:002016-07-03T14:47:40.781-07:00This is also a pretty useful article on how to thi...This is also a pretty useful article on how to think about your collection: http://www.pw.org/content/thinking_like_an_editor_how_to_order_your_poetry_manuscript_0?cmnt_all=1susan grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-29047389996811344922016-07-03T10:06:17.600-07:002016-07-03T10:06:17.600-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-23918584515599048682016-04-13T08:26:06.883-07:002016-04-13T08:26:06.883-07:00Who knew I thought like a software group!Who knew I thought like a software group!susan grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-86327317130927385482016-04-13T06:22:19.841-07:002016-04-13T06:22:19.841-07:00If you always do what you've always done...: h...If you always do what you've always done...: http://www.summitgroupsoftware.com/mobile/blog/if-you-always-do-what-you-ve-always-done-you-will-always-get-what-you-ve-always-gotMichael Lawlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872581133344179082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-44150486504748932992015-09-29T06:17:33.673-07:002015-09-29T06:17:33.673-07:00Are you sure there are no more aunt bunny poems?!Are you sure there are no more aunt bunny poems?!mary grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-83823657233724411282015-07-06T13:56:59.159-07:002015-07-06T13:56:59.159-07:00I like both of them, but I think I like Cupboard b...I like both of them, but I think I like Cupboard better - more representative, thematically? mary grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-86912557075448219272015-07-02T06:00:36.632-07:002015-07-02T06:00:36.632-07:00Some of both--natural world/domestic life/repair o...Some of both--natural world/domestic life/repair of things.susan grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-1249285292855114622015-07-01T14:07:05.601-07:002015-07-01T14:07:05.601-07:00Depends on what the poems are about. The first wou...Depends on what the poems are about. The first would suggest to me poetry about, perhaps, the natural world. The word "dark" has many associations and implications. The second would suggest to me to expect observations about domestic life, old houses, and house repair.<br />I don't think it matters if the title is taken from a poem that is not the central poem in the book, as long as it has some sort of resonances with the overall theme.<br />Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-76259972443190016412015-05-01T17:57:46.599-07:002015-05-01T17:57:46.599-07:00...for what it's worth, your commentary is bei......for what it's worth, your commentary is being discussed here: <a href="http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2015/04/dr-seuss-is-not-poet.html" rel="nofollow">clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2015/04/dr-seuss-is-not-poet.html</a>Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-10448724106164841732015-01-03T07:53:17.135-08:002015-01-03T07:53:17.135-08:00That could be #9.That could be #9.susan grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-71511191445731602752015-01-03T07:43:20.309-08:002015-01-03T07:43:20.309-08:00#2, yes and yes!
I would add, I hate that I still ...#2, yes and yes!<br />I would add, I hate that I still don't understand how I do it, so every new piece is still a gamble (not a gambol). Tricia Springstubbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011689894699357496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-52800965191009325252014-12-12T07:59:30.374-08:002014-12-12T07:59:30.374-08:00I love "too pretty sounding." But you kn...I love "too pretty sounding." But you know how I feel about commas!mary grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-42785473497558078342014-12-04T09:24:52.446-08:002014-12-04T09:24:52.446-08:00Also - the piano room at the old CIM?Also - the piano room at the old CIM?mary grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-29349838884977608742014-12-04T09:24:28.246-08:002014-12-04T09:24:28.246-08:00What abt the alley behind Grandma's?What abt the alley behind Grandma's?mary grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-65698778082603741442014-06-11T17:17:53.799-07:002014-06-11T17:17:53.799-07:00I would just like to add that the hemlock was very...I would just like to add that the hemlock was very pretty.mary grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-24238562187091487802014-06-11T10:39:43.955-07:002014-06-11T10:39:43.955-07:00"If I had a regret (although not a part of th..."If I had a regret (although not a part of the question), it would be that I can’t see further into the future of my work. What is it planning?"<br />I can relate to that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970476211214915660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-60808460532619901892014-01-28T14:50:02.434-08:002014-01-28T14:50:02.434-08:00Sledding down hill with your poem!Sledding down hill with your poem!Tricia Springstubbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011689894699357496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-22146450248101392712014-01-10T12:07:06.005-08:002014-01-10T12:07:06.005-08:00Good idea, Michael. Tying into now.Good idea, Michael. Tying into now.susan grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-11048987188235227872014-01-10T12:06:40.044-08:002014-01-10T12:06:40.044-08:00Exactly.Exactly.susan grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645596108270490005.post-41748212408808246722014-01-10T11:23:13.669-08:002014-01-10T11:23:13.669-08:00Maybe something from Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), a...Maybe something from Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), a force for social justice who just died. Michael Lawlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872581133344179082noreply@blogger.com