I put all my poetry in long hand, try to let the idea marin… - Dennis O'Driscoll

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I put all my poetry in long hand, try to let the idea marinate as long as possible, clinging to the commonplace notion of a creative connection between the movement of the hand and the flow of imagination.

Dennis O'Driscoll

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About Dennis O'Driscoll

Dennis O'Driscoll(1954-2012) was an Irish poet, essayist, critic and editor.

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Alternative Names: Dennis Odriscoll

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All poets face the same task to 'follow the prompts' and satisfactorily shape the amorphous sounds, rhythms, images or phrases by which a potential poem is recognised.

Language is at the heart of poetry and it is difficult to commandeer words which elicit no personal echo . Of what we can speak, we need not be silent.

Our creative habits are as mysterious to each other as our domestic habits.

I put all my poetry in long hand, try to let the idea marinate as long as possible, clinging to the commonplace notion of a creative connection betwe… - Dennis O'Driscoll

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