She believes that a group of words cannot be considered poetry at all if they lack a steady or unsteady rhythm. When describing rhythms in her own writing she says that they are “determined by the rhythms of my body, my breath, my pulse. But it is also determined by the alternation of sense and absence, sound and silence.” (Baker, 82) There can be no rhythm without rests, and breaks; they too, contribute to the character, tone, and mood of a
She believes that a group of words cannot be considered poetry at all if they lack a steady or unsteady rhythm. When describing rhythms in her own writing she says that they are “determined by the rhythms of my body, my breath, my pulse. But it is also determined by the alternation of sense and absence, sound and silence.” (Baker, 82) There can be no rhythm without rests, and breaks; they too, contribute to the character, tone, and mood of a