First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing cover image

First Draft - Jeffrey Yang

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

00:00

The Shape of a Form in a Poem

The shape of a form is, like, you're talking about physical shape in these, in these various poems. It's not something that, ah, that comes that i think i'm going to do right immediately,. Like to start, it comes out ar as part of the process as it's being written for me. And so, like, the first sequence of poems are pretty much, you know, usual, flush left with stanza breaks and indifferent things. The coral for cama poem was written for camal brathwaite, the great barbadian poet. Ah, and so it kind of made sense to do thatit connected so much to me with to come out

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app