I have never before read a book of poetry structured like this. The use of symbols instead of words was new to me. My use here is limited but still it was fun to do. I would have liked to have imitated other characteristics of his style those having to do with content and individual poem structure. He often takes an incident or scene and develops it in a very spare and elemental way but still finds a way to slip in drama, surprises and sometimes even shock and awe. “Searching for a Heart” is one where an ordinary day teaching a class is turned into gory open chest surgery. I didn’t choose to try this since I was concerned that it would be beyond my ability. I picked the six words way of starting since it was something that forced me to get started without having to come up with a good preconceived idea or
I have never before read a book of poetry structured like this. The use of symbols instead of words was new to me. My use here is limited but still it was fun to do. I would have liked to have imitated other characteristics of his style those having to do with content and individual poem structure. He often takes an incident or scene and develops it in a very spare and elemental way but still finds a way to slip in drama, surprises and sometimes even shock and awe. “Searching for a Heart” is one where an ordinary day teaching a class is turned into gory open chest surgery. I didn’t choose to try this since I was concerned that it would be beyond my ability. I picked the six words way of starting since it was something that forced me to get started without having to come up with a good preconceived idea or