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Edit or don't edit - we are asking the wrong qustion

in Poetry Discussion

So I have been listening to Conversing with Poets and listen to discussion on editing. It is not whether you edit or don't edit but what purpose has editing. The songs that survive over decades, well past the fad, have a synchronising between musical structure, the sound of the words and to a lesser extent these lyrics meaning. So editing should be to work out the kernel to the poem, what is it's message: then is the structure, sound of the words and there meaning synchronised to convey to you that message. What others make your poem you cannot dictate so responsible for it. Love to hear others comments

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Yvonne Calder

Mar 12

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I watched a YouTube video on using feedback on your poem, the kernel of the poem is what you are trying to say with the words. It is my paraphrasing, but I thought that sounded clearer then how I e pressed it before. ( the channel is Writing with Andrew. The video what to do with feedback.