Friday, November 20, 2009

The Best Answer to This Question Ever

How did this poem arrive at its final form? Did you consciously employ any principles of technique?

It achieved its final form when I stopped making it worse.

Philip Levine in How a Poem Happens

[Via the RocketPoet]

Saturday, November 7, 2009

My New Career

A tattoo artist hides words in her designs. When the owners of her tattoos age and their ink fades, the words will become more and more legible and the poem hidden therein will amaze the world.

Wait for it.