George Murray
George Murray
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Prizes seem like a great resource for new poets and writers to judge themselves against their peers, but of course, they aren't judging themselves.
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I started writing The Hunter in April of 2001, just as CBL was coming out.
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Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets.
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I am still interested in the long or serial poem, but have written a few smaller things. I may start sending to journals again in a year or so... that's about it.
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This isn't TV. It doesn't have to give itself up entirely on the first read. There should still be a variety of levels and multiplicity of meaning.
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Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.
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New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.
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I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no.
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I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process.
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I suppress the vast majority of what I write.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.
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I do try to let what is obviously unintended yet naturally good stay in.
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I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.
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Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.