[stylist] poem revisions

[Pagan Tree]

Barbara, Another thing to think about, as if you do not have enough
already, is the many directions rewrites could go. Sometimes I draft
something because a particular line or thought has come to mind. I return
to it at a later time and it goes in a direction I did not originally plan.
Maybe I will again, later, return to original draft and it will go in a
completely different direction.
In other words, one initial thought could be the basis for creating
multiple pieces, whether poetry or stories.
It is kind of kin to a series of paintings that follow a theme, a
collection of works. For example Van Gogh's Blue Period. He started with
the idea of 'blue' and it manifested in multiple forms. Your poetry is just
as fluid.
This does not help with your organization issues, but have fun with it and
go where the wind takes you.
Eve

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Barbara HAMMEL via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> See, and the problem falls that I abhor change in my life and that carries
> over to my writing. Good idea a copyright dates. I could either call the
> new one title (revised) or call the old one title (draft). I like that. Now
> I just have to free my mind to do it.
> Barbara
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 18, 2015, at 15:42, Lynda Lambert via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > OH, I love this, Bill!  - your quote," I've adopted a kind of joyful
> > bloodymindedness about it all, so there's not even a twinge of pain
> > about doing this."
> >
> > I do this kind of rewriting and editing often, and it's not unusual for
> me to work on something for months at a time...after all poetry is a
> *craft * and I have that joyful feeling Bill speaks of when I am CRAFTING
> my writing possibilities as I work on them.  I call them *works* for that
> is what they are - constructions as WCW would call them.  We create, build,
> tear down, build more, and tear into them again and again - until the new
> essence is found. It is a great feeling.
> >
> > This note from Bill is a keeper - it's all about the growth of the
> person as well as the poem. It's about change, and livingness, and fresh
> thoughts and ideas. bill, I just loved this post - you reflect my thought
> on it.
> > Barbara, one thing that can be done is to do the copyright with the new
> date on the newly revised poem  In my chronology, I will write both dates
> on the poem if I still call it by the same title.  I can tell by the
> copyright date with is the old one and which is the new one. but, often I
> revise it so drastically it gets a new title, too.  Lynda
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: William L Houts via stylist
> > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 1:27 PM
> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> > Cc: William L Houts
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] poem revisions
> >
> >
> >
> > HI Barbara,
> >
> > I make a kind of game out of my revisions.  Sometimes, I'll just cruise
> > through my poetry folder ("Cosmos") and rnandomly give a once over to
> > one or even several poems; just eyeball them to see how I feel days,
> > weeks or months after first writing them. Gradually, over time, all of
> > myh poems get at least minor revisions, and over the long haul they all
> > get at least two or three overhauls.  I've adopted a kind of joyful
> > bloodymindedness about it all, so there's not even a twinge of pain
> > about doing this, and I feel that my poetry in general really does
> > improve with time.  I used to be very squeamish and protective about my
> > stuff, and had a real case of the horrors when it came to editing.  But
> > now I really enjoy the process  and my work in general has, I feel,
> > improved. My advice is to keep in mind that Word documents (or
> > Wordperfect or what have you) exist in order to be revised.  It's so
> > easy to delete, and almost as easy to rewrite, to commit new thoughts to
> > the page that there's no reason to sufferthrough the process.  Just
> > remember that hope springs eternal --and so does poetry.  >grin<
> >
> >
> >
> > --Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 6/18/2015 9:36 AM, Barbara HAMMEL via stylist wrote:
> >>
> >> I know, for years I've been saying I was going to try revising my
> poems. As you know, I have always thought a poem complete and the way it
> was meant to be until you fine folks informed me that improvements could be
> made on them. But, somehow, I can't bring myself to do it because it would
> mess up my extensively organized folders by doing that. My question is, do
> you then count a revised poem as a new one? You'll probably tell me it's up
> to me what I do but I need help tricking my brain because if I rewrite
> something, seems to me it should have a new date. I have actually sorted my
> poems into ones I want to work on revising and which are too personal or
> too awful or stupid to waste my time improving on.
> >> Barbara
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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