How can we develop a poem from a small bare-bones start? Here are some simple steps which can build a poem into a richer more fully-imagined piece. Of course, sometimes we want to stay with the very small poem, but these ideas may be useful if you want to move on from that.

 

 

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These notes on Keel & Drift by Adrienne Jansen may be useful for teachers, or of general interest to poetry readers .

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