SETTING IDEAS free

Sometimes the idea for a new poem slides gently into being. Sometimes it crashes through the poet’s consciousness. Sometimes a combination of circumstances lead up to its birth.

For poet Barbara Mosse of Emsworth, Hampshire, a quote from Michelangelo ignited an idea that started in a workshop discussion. The discussion was on meta poetry, poems about poetry, and how most poets seem inspired to write them. The comment was made that it’s difficult to write an original meta poem, as they’ve been covered so frequently.

That’s when Michelangelo’s words splashed across Barbara Mosse’s mind, and quoting them that waits for to liberate it.