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Erika poetry madame noire blogo4/20/2023 ![]() ![]() To me, that is the sweetest, truest line from the book-other than a line from the poem “salamander” about wanting my poems to be something that I forget about and then remember again casually or papers that my husband finds under the table. My bedroom is a sacred place now there are children at the foot of my bed telling me stories about the friends they pretend to hate that they will make up with tomorrow Yes, I would say that the line that resonates most for me is actually from the same poem-the very title and single line from that poem: In a recent interview with Interview, Jack Antonoff mentions his favorite line in the book is “I can do that.” Could you also zero in on a line that resonates with you? I think a very heavy influence are the stories behind the writers I love rather than the works themselves. … I don’t read much formal poetry anymore, although I had a long time where I did. I’m kind of somewhere to the side so I can have a lot of space to let my own muse direct my daily activities. I’m never completely in the center of the mix of culture. I guess the best way I could describe an unlikely influence would be living by on the fray and with my ear to the ground. Your lyrics are lush with literary influences, Whitman in particular, but are there any unlikely sources of inspiration you pull from? Your song lyrics are so poetic, how do you set out to write a poem versus a song? How does the process differ? Do you ever find yourself orchestrating soundtracks around the poems you write? I didn’t necessarily have the inclination then to write poetry, but I knew that I had sort of found my crazy niche of people. ![]() Campbell focused on the beat poet era, and ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg struck me probably as nothing ever has before. ![]() When I was in boarding school in 10th grade, my teacher Mr. I never really sit down to write, but I’m often struck by something as I’m driving or walking.ĭo you remember the first time a poem captured your attention? Is there an instance of a work or line leaving a lasting impression?Ībsolutely. The poems still come to me somewhat out of nowhere and mostly when everything in my life is calm. You’ve spoken about writing poetry long before Violet was born-what are your poetry writing habits?Īgain my writing was somewhat accidental and as the year has gone on since I’ve finished the book, I’ve found that I’m getting better and better. I made that my focus rather than what people would think of the actual poetry-considering I initially did it without any intention of selling it at all. When I realized I could donate the entirety of the advance to the Navajo nation and downtown Los Angeles community, I felt it was the right thing to do. I planned on hand-binding it until Simon & Schuster asked if they could publish it. As the year and a half to two years went by, I started to realize that alongside the photos I had been capturing of the places where I spend most my time-from Vernon to San Pedro-I had a complete book. ![]() I was kind of surprised because I had no intention of being creative during my break. It was when I stopped working on music completely and stopped working in the other fields I was interested in and took a big break that long-form poems started to come to me in the middle of the day. I had never planned to put out a book of poetry. ![]()
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