“The poem resists. It resists coming into being. It resists eloquence. It resists transmitting unpleasant or embarrassing knowledge. It resists grammatical constraints. It resists moving away from simple utterance. It resists revision. It resists completion. It resists success. Hopefully, the poet resists as well.”
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Jennifer Moxley, “Fragments of a Broken Poetics,” from Chicago Review, Spring 2010. (via writeaction: apoetreflects: theantidote)
This applies to more than poems and poets.
