My students often leave out the title, and I tell them that's fine with me
but they should realize magazine editors (in the UK anyway) don't like poems
without titles and will sometimes add their own. A shame, because the
titleless poem has a place - what about Emily Dickinson?
Best wishes
Matthew
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From: Frank Parker <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 18 June 2001 16:17
Subject: Re: Frank's poem
>>I have such trouble with titles.
>> - Chris
>
>Me too, Chris. Very often I do not use titles. For the way I work, a title
>is like capping a well better left open. Then I can push poems around
trying
>out different arrangements, different contexts, draw out a larger picture.
>:fp
>
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>I believe I heard language through my mother's
>belly both violent and sweet and wanted
>to get to it
> - Robin Blaser
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