From: ggam77@net-kooks.org   
      
   On 2 Mar 2005 01:24:32 -0800, "Diana"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Some nights there are no words   
   >for the poem that wants to be   
   >created out of pure fire.   
      
   Quick revisions are seldom good revisions.   
   Don't write about writing until you learn how to write.   
      
   >An orange or red that can't be   
   >defined begs fervently for existence   
      
   Ick.   
      
   >while pictures form and a piano plays   
   >inside a mind tuned to it's intensity.   
      
   Learn how apostrophes work.   
   Consider not using the phrase *inside a mind* for the next five years.   
   Stay away from cliches and abstractions.   
      
      
   >Words fail in a place where   
   >Music skims a dusty landscape   
   >   
   >then ignite   
   >And set the field aglow   
   >with realization   
   >   
   >and I'm left with   
   >a feeling deeper than black   
   >that I just can't articulate.   
      
   No fucking shit you can't articulate it.   
   If this piece is representative of your best work, you should read a   
   thousand poems before you attempt to write another.   
      
   Don't write about writing.   
   Do avoid cliches and abstractions.   
   Do consider acquiring a good introductory textbook on poetry.   
   Don't listen to morons who tell you that this is a good poem unless   
   you aren't interested in improving your writing.   
      
   Good luck.   
      
   Read poetry.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)