I finished Poem, Revised the other day, and it was every bit as good as I'd hoped. There's one poet in particular that I'd like to quote: Deena Linett. Not because her revision was especially illuminating – we got the final version of the poem plus a lot of notes from early pre-drafts, along with …
Other people’s revisions
Revision seems to be the area that most clearly sorts the poets from the play-poets. It's hard work (oh god, isn't it just!), and requires you to be able to divorce the editor-self from the poet-self (or "creative-self", if you prefer). Some days (and some poems) are easier than others. The comforting thing is that this …
A Dark Feathered Art 