Poetry and painting are "sister arts" & are meant to compliment one another. Poetry is imagistic & remains the art of suggestion- it should open up endless possibilities of meaning & be resistant to literal or linear interpretation. What matters is how a poem touches the individual heart.
11/27/201
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
The Art of Suggestion
Poems
I usually write a collection of poems
under one title. These poems can be edited
and revised and the sequence can always be added
to at a later time. This is important because it means the
poems are living and can evolve as ideas develop about them.
7/27/2020
A Quality of Innocence
I think it is important to maintain a quality of innocence within the creative process. I remember Jim Morrison said it was a "quality of ignorance or self deception” needed for the Poet to survive. Too much control suffocates the spirit right out of any work of art. -T. Byron Kelly
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