Monday, September 13, 2004

the equation of my poetry

there is no one rule on how to write poetry. if you would like it simpler, there is no rule actually on how to write or what to write or what not to write.

i am not saying that this makes poetry easier to write. it actually does the opposite: yes, it nakes it even more difficult. its like the lights are out, your eyes are useless, plus your limbs are cut. hmm..something like that.

if you are gonna write, don not write like the past masters. you can't beat them, you can't be like them, and if only they could rise up, i am sure they would beat up the hell out of you for trying to imitate them.

i tried to write like my father did, and im sure he is glad that i realized my mistake.

so, where does that put me now? now rules? no right or wrong way. there is only one catch though; that the written works must be good enough to survive after its creator. ha! the only way to find that out is when the poet is already dead. plus, nobody among the masters wrote to become famous. they just wrote and wrote.

im gonna do the same thing.

write and write and write, until i die. the rest, is up to the world.

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