June 27, 2001

there’s a formalist movement?


Hey, I’m a New Formalist!

I didn’t even know there was such a thing. I know most of my poems aren’t great, but I honestly thought the fact that they make sense (well, to me, at least) was a major flaw. And I have this anachronistic tendency to want rhyme or meter or both, and I know that would damn them irrevocably, for a lot of modernists.

On the other hand, the fact that I rarely have the patience to polish for more than a couple hours or stanzas really is still a problem. To read someone who’s far better at it, check out Dana Gioia.

Posted by dichroic at June 27, 2001 04:31 PM
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