In writing a poem, I often come up with what I judge to be a good opening, a sense about where to go from there, and an animating emotion to move it all forward. When I work this way, a poem is filled with surprise and discovery.
But I've wondered: many prose writers compose the very first and very last parts first, and fill in the middle; or the very last first, and write the story backwards.
Assuming some of you approach your poems these other ways, how have these techniques worked for you?
Fred
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