[New-Poetry] Bunting's advice

[Jeff Newberry]

David,

Do you know the source on this?  The website you provide doesn't list one.

Thanks for posting this list.

Best,
Jeff

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:01 PM, David Graham <grahamd at ripon.edu> wrote:

>     Bunting's advice to young poets
>
> I SUGGEST
> 1. Compose aloud; poetry is a sound.
> 2. Vary rhythm enough to stir the emotion you want but not so as to lose
> impetus.
> 3. Use spoken words and syntax.
> 4. Fear adjective; they bleed nouns. Hate the passive.
> 5. Jettison ornament gaily but keep shape
>
> Put your poem away till you forget it, then:
> 6. Cut out every word you dare.
> 7. Do it again a week later, and again.
>
> Never explain - your reader is as smart as you.
> --
> Source:  Basil Bunting Poetry Centre
> http://www.dur.ac.uk/basil-bunting-poetry.centre/poems.quotes/quotes/
>
>
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