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Sculptor in Clay
—For Dale Zheutlin
As With Novalis & Klee Afternoon of July 16, 1995
Poems on this page © John Perlman 2005-2006
John
Perlman : Resides in the Hudson River Valley. Some 20 books and
chapbooks published. His most recent are Legion Their Numbers, from
Elamantations Press, and The Natural History of Trees, from Potes &
Poets Press. His Samizdat Sanctus is forthcoming from tel-let press.
What's your favorite poem that you've written? Care to share it with us?
To chose is like
being turned to salt for looking back.
What is your favorite poem by another poet?
One wants to give
one's attention wholeheartedly & wholemindedly to the work(s) at hand.
What poets have had the most influence on your
work?
The business of a
post-mortem...check the poetic DNA for widest responsiveness &
resonance, not limited to those so denominate...meanwhile who's yet to
be encountered.
What's your pet-peeve in a poem?
Peeves like cats
cannot be domesticated. The issues are earth-shattering & intimately
constituted.
What's your favorite print journal and why?
Again, favorites...
Do you have a writing ritual? Care to share it?
Do you ever break this ritual for artistic reasons? If yes, how does it
change or improve your method?
Personal today / irrelevant tomorrow.
