While going about making the nonce form of this poem I kept thinking of that maxim (apocryphally) attributed to Mark Twain: “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” I wanted the form to contain the sinusoidal patterning and movement of time.
David Joez Villaverde on "Parable of the Sower" |
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Interview with Aldo Amparán
"When the pandemic happened, I was starting to write my second book, which deals with a very dark period in my life, having to do with sexual assault. A friend of mine has been talking a lot about 'shadow work'—that work that you do to try to get into the core of the things that make you uncomfortable. And I find that, retrospectively, my second book kind of served as a sort of shadow work for me."
via Zócalo |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Octavio Quintanilla on Drafts
"I write and rewrite the poem over and over because small but significant changes happen in the process, especially in terms of the poem earning my trust and having me believe in what it says. To get there, I rewrite the poem till every word is embodied with breath or heartbeat....As I rewrite, I teach myself my own poem. Internalize it." |
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