Unterwegs Visual poem by Pablo Valcárcel
Start the week with a poetry glare I´ve rescued "Unterwegs" by Pablo Valcárcel. Adressed to all those who love. Especially yourselves..
Here are two rules about how to write a love poem by Andrew Motion:1 Speak from your heart. Poets have in their toolbox every trick of rhetoric and linguistic structuring - from alliteration to zeugma. The toolbox is there to be ransacked, but the strength of your feelings might be diverted if you get too tied up with technical stuff.2 Simply to say “I love you” or “you’re beautiful” is not interesting. Remember William Carlos Williams’ advice about writing - there is no truth but in things. So be particular. Things have a fascination that abstractions don’t. A reader will be more likely to identify with your poem if there are references to personal situations or particular features - be it their body, attitude or behaviour.Hey, for all those that follow me, you have the answer to my previous blog entry in rule two.
Here are two rules about how to write a love poem by Andrew Motion:1 Speak from your heart. Poets have in their toolbox every trick of rhetoric and linguistic structuring - from alliteration to zeugma. The toolbox is there to be ransacked, but the strength of your feelings might be diverted if you get too tied up with technical stuff.2 Simply to say “I love you” or “you’re beautiful” is not interesting. Remember William Carlos Williams’ advice about writing - there is no truth but in things. So be particular. Things have a fascination that abstractions don’t. A reader will be more likely to identify with your poem if there are references to personal situations or particular features - be it their body, attitude or behaviour.Hey, for all those that follow me, you have the answer to my previous blog entry in rule two.
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