Unstressed » dickinson http://linebreak.org/blog A weblog from the editors of Linebreak Sun, 08 May 2011 07:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Revision http://linebreak.org/blog/2009/01/10/revision/ http://linebreak.org/blog/2009/01/10/revision/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:27:22 +0000 Katrina Vandenberg http://linebreak.org/blog/?p=535 I believe in being exceptionally loose and free in the first draft. I believe in overwriting. I believe it’s easier to cut than to add.

To this end, I’d like offer you one of my favorite poems. To me, it’s “about” revision: Emily Dickinson’s “The Props Assist the House,” from the Poetry Foundation’s website.

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