From f00d869e4c0e64be6093e4980e62e3c9b9b33cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:36:44 -0700 Subject: Add links to Elegies; write TODO.txt --- 20-onformalpoetry.txt | 22 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 20-onformalpoetry.txt (limited to '20-onformalpoetry.txt') diff --git a/20-onformalpoetry.txt b/20-onformalpoetry.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 746105d..0000000 --- a/20-onformalpoetry.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 'On formal poetry' -project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' -... - -I think that I could write formal poems \ -exclusively, or at least inclusive \ -with all the other stuff I write \ -I guess. Of course, I've already written \ -a few, this one included, though "formal" \ -is maybe a stretch. Is blank verse a form? \ -What is form anyway? I picture old \ -women counting stitches on their knitting, \ -keeping iambs next to iambs in lines \ -as straight and sure as arrows. But my sock \ -is lumpy, poorly made: it's beginning \ -to unravel. Stresses don't line up. Syl- \ -lables forced to fit like McNugget molds. \ -That cliché on the arrow? I'm aware. \ -My prepositions too---God, where's it stop? \ -The answer: never. I will never stop \ -writing poems, or hating what I write. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81