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Y'all may have done a thread like this already.
I was just thinking about poetry that I think has influenced how I think about and read words, though.
Richard Hugo is a poet like that, for me. In particular, the poem "Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg."
Because poetry has to be so very tight and every single word pulls so much freight, the mind-set to consider someone else's poetry is very much the mindset I try to bring to writing.
But mostly, I really love this poem, and wanted to share it with you.
I was just thinking about poetry that I think has influenced how I think about and read words, though.
Richard Hugo is a poet like that, for me. In particular, the poem "Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg."
Because poetry has to be so very tight and every single word pulls so much freight, the mind-set to consider someone else's poetry is very much the mindset I try to bring to writing.
But mostly, I really love this poem, and wanted to share it with you.