12-05-2011, 06:33 PM
"I don't consider any form particularly difficult" well maybe you don't but I do....
If I were to write story-telling ballads they would go from the brain to the page/screen in an instant (well, with a minimum of tweaking) but, to write something like Eight Movements would take me weeks and weeks.
And the end result would be sadly lacking.
Aha - I see the flaw in my argument. I'm not a gifted poet. You are. (yes, you are, so don't argue) and he was (well, you are telling me he was)
Somewhere on my bookcases I have a book of Australian poetry - I will seek it out and have a good read.
If I were to write story-telling ballads they would go from the brain to the page/screen in an instant (well, with a minimum of tweaking) but, to write something like Eight Movements would take me weeks and weeks.
And the end result would be sadly lacking.
Aha - I see the flaw in my argument. I'm not a gifted poet. You are. (yes, you are, so don't argue) and he was (well, you are telling me he was)
Somewhere on my bookcases I have a book of Australian poetry - I will seek it out and have a good read.