Jericho Brown – Small Truths and Other Surprises
On Being with Krista Tippett
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I'm a Poem Maker, and I've Gotten to Know the Subconscious
i write a line, and then i write another line because it rifts off the sound of that line. As we think about sense, i don't care that it doesn't make any sense. I write the next line after that, which sounds something like that line. And then once i've done that, i sort of hit something that makes me where i sort of feel spent. And look at that mess of words, and i start asking it questions. This is how i'm better able to get at the subconscious....
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