I love the process of writing my children’s poems. I find myself continually going back and revising, like trying out new phrases and words. Playing around helps me grow and stretch as a writer and allows me to see things in a variety of ways. However, I sometimes wonder how much revising is too much. I often find myself changing things thinking they sound better but then going back later and changing them back. Sometimes I’m not sure which way sounds better. I guess it’s often a matter of taste, but I sometimes want to bounce ideas of others and get their opinions. Sometimes their preference doesn’t match mine and sometimes it does. I usually trust myself and go with my gut feeling.
I’d welcome other points of view on this topic.
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You have to learn to rely on yourself because the poem is yours and no one else’s. Oscar Wilde had a great quote about poetry where a comma would be put in the morning but worried about all day and then taken back out in the afternoon. This is the lot of the poet, lol.
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Thanks for the comment. I enjoy the Wilde quote as well. How true! With me it’s usually a word bu commas get me too sometimes!
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