The Art of Poetry No. 16
“You have to believe in your stuff—every day has to be the new day on which the new poem may be it.”
John Berryman
Interview
Poetry
“He is prone. Smoke on the iced lake, freer . . .”
Henry Incinerator danced all night
destroying.
“Nothing ruffled or made glare or could dismay . . .”
His view of it all like a waltzing boat
found it well, whatever the sounding:
he rode it out on top.
Feature
On Inspiration
What follows are the authors’ discussions on the first stirrings, the germination of a poem, or a work of fiction. Any number of headings would be appropriate: Beginnings, The Starting Point, etc. Inspiration would be as good as any.