Basil Bunting: “I Suggest”<\/i>:<\/p>\n
I Suggest:
\n1. Compose aloud: poetry is a sound.
\n2. Vary rhythm enough to stir the emotion you want but not so as to lose impetus
\n3. Use spoken words and syntax
\n4. Fear adjectives; they bleed nouns. Hate the passive.
\n5. Jettison ornament gaily, but keep shape.
\n— Put your poem away till you forget it.
\n6. Cut out every word you dare.
\n7. Do it again a week later, and again.
\n— Never explain — your reader is as smart as you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Basil Bunting: “I Suggest”: I Suggest: 1. Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. 2. Vary rhythm enough to stir the emotion you want but not so as to lose impetus 3. Use spoken words and syntax 4. Fear adjectives; they … Continue reading