I read somewhere (Ezra Pound?) that you should always destroy favourite
lines in your own work.....but I just don't have the heart.
A couple of years ago on this forum or one line it, someone suggested major
changes to me. Not much left of my short poem except a couple of words. I
said whoa or something like that, and was told the poem would still be mine
if every word was different.
I don't know if it is heart or not. I believe a poet needs to retain
something of his own to feel the babe is his. If you set out with a goal in
mind, should the suggestion I or anyone else makes takes you in another
direction?
I'm not sure I agree with Pound if him. You should be willing to take the
paint off the kid, but destroy? Not at the expense of destroying your
vision.
Thanks for the thoughts.
Gary
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