[New-Poetry] Re: unprolificks and prolificks

[Bob Grumman]

David Graham wrote:
> Yes, lots of different issues are getting thrown into the mix here.  I 
> was mostly interested in what daily practice can do for a poet, what 
> doors it may or may not open, but other matters do get swept together 
> pretty quickly.
>
> For instance, yes, it's good to remember that rate of production isn't 
> the same thing as rate of publishing, though obviously someone like 
> Lifshin couldn't publish so much if she didn't first write it.  I 
> wonder if she ever writes anything she doesn't at least seek to 
> print.  Some writers present the public with the tip of the iceberg, 
> but I suspect Lifshin's all iceberg.
>
Sorry, David, but I HAD to correct you: she's all tip.  . . . I think.  
Now I'm confused.  No, that's right.  She's all tip.

As for daily routines, I have one for my blog entries, but I don't see 
that it's helping me any--except when I get into a subject I can extend 
for many entries.  That does help me into a groove, I think.  I tried 
doing a new poem daily for the blog and got some I thought good done 
that way, and a few poor ones, but ran out of gas after two weeks or so.

I pretty much agree with everything else you said.

--Bob G.