http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/my-first-poem-a-fable/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/my-first-poem-a-fable/#comment-262 kwame Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:55:55 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=149#comment-262 Dear Anna, I like like your comment. Very much. Mangoes are, well, quite good. And it is true, my poetry is nothing if not sensual and often about food. Go figure. kd Dear Anna, I like like your comment. Very much. Mangoes are, well, quite good. And it is true, my poetry is nothing if not sensual and often about food. Go figure. kd
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/my-first-poem-a-fable/#comment-261 Anna Fortin Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:38:40 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=149#comment-261 I've often thought about how our first poems are an originating impulse that never goes away--Whitman's "procreant urge" that is ignited and simmers until we want to recreate the experience again. So writing poems is like the first taste of a mango, of its juice dripping down your arm. The notion that writing poetry is a secret act makes it even more like sex, something we need to repress that keeps busting out..... I’ve often thought about how our first poems are an originating impulse that never goes away–Whitman’s “procreant urge” that is ignited and simmers until we want to recreate the experience again. So writing poems is like the first taste of a mango, of its juice dripping down your arm. The notion that writing poetry is a secret act makes it even more like sex, something we need to repress that keeps busting out…..
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