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Editing Session Revealed…

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Poetry editing is such a huge topic that I’ve been procrastinating writing about it. Where to begin? What to cover? Well, let’s start with a poem I’m editing that has some ants in it. Editing Session to Figure Out What to Do with the Ants: Usually, when I come across a poem that includes ants, I think, oh no, not ants again. The writer was sitting in the grass and saw ants and had nothing else to write about, so the ants got in there. Plus, ants are such a clichĂ©  —  we're like them: small, exposed to all kinds of twisted fates. Find Poems that Cover Your Subject Matter What I like about the poem  —   Failing in the Presence of Ants   —  is that it does the unexpected  —  it reveres the ants  —  not to mention it’s just well written  —  and if something’s working, whether it’s about ants or not, it doesn’t really matter  —  all is forgiven. Finding poems that cover your subject matter is a good way to see how other poets are handling what you find difficult.