Writing poems feels like abstracting the train of thought itself

Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:21:08 -0400

Writing poems feels like abstracting the train of thought itself, and it feels a little weird, like I’m leaving gaps for the reader to fill in within the context of whatever “structure” or “internal logic” I’m trying to create.

I feel like the difference between trying to write prose and writing poems is that writing prose feels like creating chains of causality between things, whereas writing poems sometimes feels like constructing a world where two (or more) things are related, and then placing both things in that world.

2024/04 on rkempe’s blog

Writing poems feels like abstracting the train of thought itself