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...book, which moves around in time, returns periodically to the actual process of writing the book, to the task which Hall must complete. Hall writes, "This morning I began a new longish poem...The poem gives off a posthumous odor." His lack of self-pity, personal style and use of the diary form make his ideas about work an engrossing and fast read. His speech resonates with the same richness of expression, sharpness...
...changed from Work to Work Work Work because I had a line in there quoting one of my grandfathers saying that. The trouble with that--and [my publishers] are right--is it sounds like a complaint. The poem is a hymn--I mean the book, everything is a poem you see-to work...
...give the most attention and passion to, as well as the greatest clarity. So I work on it first thing in the day and then go on to writing prose later. Prose by its nature--making it is a little more relaxed than making poetry. For instance in a poem, ultimately you're trying for a kind of intensity whereby you'll say it once the best possible way. Poetry is the intensity of absolute concentration...
Also, when I write a poem, my primary model is the poem spoken aloud. That does not mean that I pay less attention to it on the page; paradoxically, it means that I spend a tremendous amount of attention to it on the page. Poetry is the most intense and ultimately is for oral presentation. The page is a key to that. The rhythm of the book, the way you move from one paragraph to another, they are not so microform. They're more macro. When I read prose aloud I feel a little useless. I'm sort of looking...
...whole life, and that includes dreams and memories of infancy and books I've read last week. The trick is to have access to everything that might be useful at the point of the poem...