tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post3728942736624044148..comments2024-01-03T20:27:23.695-05:00Comments on <i>ursprache</i>: magic in creationJforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post-43741419783641632272010-11-15T21:03:03.215-05:002010-11-15T21:03:03.215-05:00Joe, I probably should have put a disclaimer on th...Joe, I probably should have put a disclaimer on that one: "Your results may vary."<br /><br />To refine my point somewhat, I mean more that 'first presentable draft'. The one you might actually read to someone or send to a friend.<br /><br />The core or structure of the poem being basically resolved, though it may be several versions away from 'finished' (or abandoned).<br /><br />Jim FJforJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post-45173284251972799422010-11-14T20:38:53.525-05:002010-11-14T20:38:53.525-05:00I almost never disagree with you, James, but this ...I almost never disagree with you, James, but this is very much not true to my own experience. Often enough the first draft is nothing but warm-up; sometimes the first draft has nothing but a single phrase where the real poem exists in seed form. The magic, as often as not, is in the revision....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com