tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post1192077234331965806..comments2024-02-12T16:32:03.714-08:00Comments on Book of Kells: Guilty of Over-Revising & Halloween, the Day AfterKelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-17649032401614039462007-11-04T10:08:00.000-08:002007-11-04T10:08:00.000-08:00Sara, Thanks for saying Hi!Lyle, good analogy. I ...Sara, <BR/>Thanks for saying Hi!<BR/><BR/>Lyle, good analogy. I agree.<BR/><BR/>January-- I sometimes return to poems *years* later because I need that much time to figure out what I was talking about! ;-)<BR/><BR/>thanks for the comments!Kelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-51700411867432140612007-11-03T14:49:00.000-07:002007-11-03T14:49:00.000-07:00I'm the opposite when it comes to revision. I hate...I'm the opposite when it comes to revision. I hate it, so I'm guilty of not doing enough. And if I leave a poem too long, I'm less likely to go back to it.<BR/><BR/>I like what Lyle says about the empty space, or distance, created by backing away from a draft.Januaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036651950996873368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-3649222542850646902007-11-01T18:26:00.000-07:002007-11-01T18:26:00.000-07:00I've long felt that it's the rough edges and loose...I've long felt that it's the rough edges and loose threads that allow a poem its life.<BR/><BR/>An analogy I think of a lot, and that I've probably talked about online once or twice, is that a billiard ball is more perfectly made and more highly polished than a mountain, but no one would stand and gaze in rapture at the horizon if, instead of a mountain range, there was a row of billiard balls.<BR/><BR/>The longer I write, the more I feel that a great deal of the knack of writing a poem is knowing when to leave off "fixing" it, when to let it sit as I've written it. Empty space (for example, the space created by putting down the pen and backing away) isn't empty, it's alive.Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-71454581284121323822007-11-01T15:50:00.000-07:002007-11-01T15:50:00.000-07:00Hi, I love how you are running this blog. I just s...Hi, I love how you are running this blog. I just started a blog of my own and I was wondering if you would like to do a link exchange with my site. My site can be found at:<BR/><BR/>Absolutesportsreport.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>If you want to do this, just leave a comment on my site, on any post, and I’ll link you later that night. <BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>DaveDavid Stefaninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070228873283361976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-13558309108553018502007-11-01T14:39:00.000-07:002007-11-01T14:39:00.000-07:00I love those Day-of-the-Dead dolls! I wanted to b...I love those Day-of-the-Dead dolls! I wanted to buy one when I was in Mexico over the summer, but I was too scared to haggle with the shop owner. So sad.<BR/><BR/>Signed, a long time silent reader.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357902086583000382noreply@blogger.com