A Chat With Dennis Lee: Where does it come from?

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I enjoyed the interview with Dennis Lee, particularly on the subject of 'where does it come from'. We are used to thinking of poets as somehow inspired with perfect poems already constructed, (Milton,Blake) and that question is usually not asked of our fiction writers.

His answer to that question, that intuition as well as a heavy dose of labour are in the making of a poem is helpful. Writing is hard work,it doesn't exactly 'come in a dream', and I am glad that he emphasized that point.

Dsadams

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