>> I especially enjoy the way you let bits of pieces of information float throughout the lines, without giving it all away at once. Makes me reread them to savor the meaning even further.<<
Ah, you've found one of my favorite techniques. I do that a lot, especially in poems that rely on local color to evoke a specific setting. So the Fiorenza poems do that with a fantasy version of historic Italy, and later this week you'll see the Origami Mage series which is Asian-flavored historic fantasy. This way, readers feel more grounded in the poem's setting, and I get to share nifty little details. Sometimes I include links to background materials that I used in researching a poem.
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>> I especially enjoy the way you let bits of pieces of information float throughout the lines, without giving it all away at once. Makes me reread them to savor the meaning even further.<<
Ah, you've found one of my favorite techniques. I do that a lot, especially in poems that rely on local color to evoke a specific setting. So the Fiorenza poems do that with a fantasy version of historic Italy, and later this week you'll see the Origami Mage series which is Asian-flavored historic fantasy. This way, readers feel more grounded in the poem's setting, and I get to share nifty little details. Sometimes I include links to background materials that I used in researching a poem.