In chapter 11 of Writing Poems, the idea of poem writing and, more importantly, poem revision is discussed. I understand that a poem should not be an accidental jumble of words hurriedly written and then announced as "complete." However, I really cannot imagine spending years upon years (26 in one instance in the book!) working on a single poetic work. That just seems like some serious procrastination. But, to each's own, I suppose.
I feel like one of the major issues in my "poetry," if it deserves such a label, is that they just turn into short-lined stories. I have trouble inserting clever wording or symbolic heaviness, the backbone of a good poem. Moving on from this monumental issue, I just don't know if revision, even 26 years worth, would make my poetry anything I would hope it to be.
Don't get me wrong, it's not so much a lack of confidence in my work as it is a lack of research in the subject matter. I really haven't read much poetry at all. I know what you're thinking, "Uhh, okay. Well that's easily solved, dipshit." Yikes, I'm on it! But I know me. And I know I'll just end up reading song lyrics instead of "legitimate" poetry. Hmm, what gives?
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