1.

generalization and cliché
a place you can’t envision (see)
a beach is nearly invisible

2.

Allow the object to inform decisions.
Allow the poem to inform decisions.

3.

Chronology’s tyranny.
Uni-dimensional “meaning.”

4.

Get on the subject.

5.

Writing is difficult and remote.

Censor your ideas: remain concerned with
sounding smart.

6.

Refuse to fictionalize.

Forget about everything but your choices.

Respect a bound between actual
and possible, yet embrace romanticization
and sentiment.

7.

Allow connections between reading
and writing
to escape.

8.

Ignore everything unknown.

9.

Respect homogenizing and leveling
as democracy.

10.

Overtake
by fatigue
and dissipation.

11.

Write every other day,
every third day,

when lighting strikes.
       inspiration

12.

Technique’s pleasures intimidate.
Technique’s pleasure’s intimate.
Techniques, pleasures intimate.