tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587460026447830993.post2126185630682260556..comments2023-06-26T02:20:01.286-07:00Comments on Romance Righter: Writing "Truth" is Not about Writing "True"Angelica Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14078580258090715442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587460026447830993.post-21352267142824081102015-02-17T17:09:56.823-08:002015-02-17T17:09:56.823-08:00I have always admired poets: the discipline to par...I have always admired poets: the discipline to pare down an idea with only the most essential words! I never thought about that being the case with revelations of truth. Thanks you for the insight, Exploding Mary! You are one of the genuine ones!Angelica Frenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078580258090715442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587460026447830993.post-67223432406264137272015-02-17T05:22:50.772-08:002015-02-17T05:22:50.772-08:00Ha! I find it difficult, if not impossible, to ha...Ha! I find it difficult, if not impossible, to have any faith that a chute will open, or even to hope that there is a chute-- but having been a poet first, then a songwriter, and only after that a fiction writer, I'm used to throwing myself off of the ledge just to see how far down it goes. I think that poetry (reading & writing) can help us learn to expose ourselves to the truths that are necessary; necessary to face, and to reveal. At least, that has been my experience, and something I've seen in a few others. Aging Opheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14360783709169946256noreply@blogger.com