DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "The End of The World" by Archibald MacLeish Originally read: December 17, 2012 More information about the Poet:  Archibald MacLeish I think previously, or many times before, I write about the adjective noun combination.  In creative writing classes told me to be careful of adjectives or adverbs.  And I followed those directions.  In my work for the past couple of years, you won't read adjectives or adverbs at all in my work and probably this blog post.  Yeah, I kind of take things too literally. It hasn't been until recently that I started to analyze why.  On a personal level, why I listened to them without thought.  On a "poetry" (how hoity) level, I grew bored with how predictable my style is (image based narratives with an epiphanic ending that's still "mysterious" and up to the reader -- a little bit too formulaic).   So I'm starting to notice how poems work on a construction level -- and the first...