Because there are so many kinds of poetry, I would guess that there are many ways of starting a poem. I am in love with closure (which many people would consider a fault). It means that I often start with the end of a poem. I also love paradox and pun, so I have a long list of titles that I would like to use someday if I can find my way into the idea they embody. Often I will get an opening line, too, and work from that. But I don't tend to find that I start with something that winds up in the middle of the poem.
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