Jun 7, 2022
6 min read
Poetry as a Memory-Holder
The Poem as Diary
I need my poems to hold the feelings for me, to hold the memory. I hand it all to the poem so it can do the work of remembering for me.
Ansel Adams said, “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” I would argue that the same goes for a poem — you don’t write a poem, you live…
