06-27-2012, 03:59 PM
Thank you for your thoughtful explanation tectak
I understand completely. I worried that by using such terms my poems like this would feel contrived, as though I were trying to crudely force my way into a mindset and impress the reader.
I understand completely. I worried that by using such terms my poems like this would feel contrived, as though I were trying to crudely force my way into a mindset and impress the reader.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe