tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172073561662646900.post2992773491107231034..comments2024-01-07T08:56:42.101+00:00Comments on Deborah Harvey : The Red Dress of Poetry ...: How Poetry Is MadeDeborah Harvey Poetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17023927527337407685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172073561662646900.post-57598523533424218112014-01-07T20:48:00.793+00:002014-01-07T20:48:00.793+00:00Don't forget the mushy peas.Don't forget the mushy peas. <br />Deborah Harvey Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023927527337407685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172073561662646900.post-16220302338667804262014-01-07T19:50:20.182+00:002014-01-07T19:50:20.182+00:00Or how about a culinary metaphor...?
How to Make ...Or how about a culinary metaphor...?<br /><br />How to Make Poetry<br /><br />First, throw away this recipe. Then learn<br />to cook yourself; don’t be a slave<br />to master chefs. But taste them, know<br />what food you like, where your utensils are.<br /> <br />Preheat the mind to 98.6 degrees.<br />Then chill, and feel ideas condense<br />from fast nerves into ink-like blood<br />excruciating from your finger tips.<br /> <br />Now let it sit, coagulate,<br />then blend it well with aged zest.<br />Reform it in your chosen mold, adjust<br />its shape, remove the fat.<br /> <br />Next, marinade a little while<br />in logic--not till overdone: let it be<br />raw, with the life blood still in it.<br />Do this many times until it burns<br /> <br />to be unleashed,<br />naked and angry on the world.<br /><br /><br />(C) Lloyd Alan Fletcher, 1995<br /><br />--Lloyd<br />Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01362618827526131191noreply@blogger.com