Thank you anna breslin for reminding me

How to write (poetry)?

Read till you drop

observe

watch with new eyes*

be patient

a constant gardener

wait next to the words

sit and write without fear

words invite words

watch it grow

cut and graft

do not stop

be patient but fastidious

a constant gardener

read aloud and rewrite

rewrite and share

do not despair

write till you drop

*Borrowed from Willem Wilmink, Dutch poet of heavy light verse, in Hoe schrijf ik een gedicht (How do I write a poem? A course in reading and writing poetry), Amsterdam 1991.