https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq After reading the "Fifteen Poets on Revision," shift your focus back onto your own work. What are your thoughts on revising your own work? What is the most difficult part? The easiest? What are you trying to chang about your poems now? en-us 2022-03-16 14:04:33 UTC 2022-03-16 15:22:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098266157 The most difficult part of revising my work is understanding that the previous drafts are not faulty just unfinished versions of what I truly want to create]]> 2022-03-16 15:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098266157 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098268202 For me, the biggest difficulty is struggling with pride in past work. You need to be hypercritical and willing to admit fault. 

]]> 2022-03-16 15:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098268202 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098269804 I believe revision is an essential part of the poetic process. It can be so hard to get rid of one line or phrase that resonated with you, but sometimes there is a better way to create prose. Adding to a poem line by line helps by succinctly creating more and more options that can replace earlier lines, or just create a better poem.]]> 2022-03-16 15:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098269804 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098271088 Revision is a vulnerable process because you admit to yourself that there is something you want to change about the words you craft onto the page. Even after submitting revisions I feel like I want to unsubmit and continue to revise. Revision is a gradient and it's all about that zone where you feel confident enough in your work to share, but workshop will always inspire new perspectives to incorporate ideas you've never thought of before so the revision is never truly finished.]]> 2022-03-16 15:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098271088 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098272577 i dont like doing it at all specially for creative writting such as poems for me the poems that i have written have been spontaneous and thats what gives it the magic. 

]]> 2022-03-16 15:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098272577 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098272907 The hardest thing for me is allowing myself to feel comfortable switching themes. I find that as I edit at times the meaning can switch. I need to feel comfortable with the new meanings I may start to grapel at as I advise. I am trying to add more detail. ]]> 2022-03-16 15:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098272907 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098274538 When I decide that my poem is finalized, I have a hard time wanting to change it from there. Likewise, if I get a roadblock and decide that my poem is done, I rarely want to revisit it. ]]> 2022-03-16 15:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098274538 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098274939 I tend to get tunnel vision during the revision process. I know there are better ways to express and write certain emotions, yet I sometimes can’t get past what I’ve already written. ]]> 2022-03-16 15:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098274939 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098276039 I agree with the appeal of spontaneity. I write my poems to capture an emotion, a moment in time. Revising and polishing them feels artificial and I feel like I am ripping off what makes it organic, flaws and all.

]]> 2022-03-16 15:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098276039 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098276175 When revising I believe what becomes the most challenging is understanding what you did wrong. When we do anything in a serious manner, we do it under the assumption that we are doing it correctly. It then becomes harder to look back and point out what we did wrong. It is even harder to understand how to improve upon something you tried your hardest on.]]> 2022-03-16 15:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098276175 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098276565 If I could change my poems now, I would love to be able to add a rhyme scheme but I don't want my poems to lose their original meaning. ]]> 2022-03-16 15:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098276565 https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098276880 Revision is a very essential process, but sometimes I find it hard to let go of the work I wrote when I felt most vulnerable. The original work is so raw and filled with so much emotion. I like to revise but I want to make sure I keep that emotion alive. ]]> 2022-03-16 15:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/myg2/otc9gzwlbtr5ldsq/wish/2098276880