I read almost nothing new these days - FV or metrical.
If it isn't on the web, I won't see it.
Mary, I like this quote from your post:
"Initially, however, she worked quite strictly in traditional forms, believing in the value of their rigor as a forcing agent ..."
This is what I miss in writing fv - there is no pressure to force the unexpected word or line. I like Heaney's idea of the stanza as "artesian pump", drawing up hidden connections and meaning from the unconscious.
And ain't this the truth:
"But for all the sought-after and hard-won poems Anne wrote.. a number were almost totally “given” ones... the poem itself came quite cleanly and easily, as if written out in the air beforehand and then transcribed onto the page with very few alterations."
Some come flying out like greasy squeezed olive pips - but others need the forceps and an epidural.
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