# When the poem turns toward its own making

A poem that attends to its own making invites readers to notice craft as part of meaning. Form can become a subject as well as a method.

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## A point of entry

Consider rhyme, repetition and pauses before assuming what effect they should have. The same device can create ease, emphasis or resistance in different contexts.

## What to attend to

Creative effort need not appear as a story of effortless inspiration. Ask what a poem allows you to notice about choosing words and sustaining attention.

## Reading without a forecast

The reader also participates by setting pace and hearing relationships between lines. Try more than one reading without treating variation as a mistake.

## Questions for your reading

- How does a formal choice affect your pace?
- What does the poem suggest about the work of writing?

## Source books

- [Moments Are Butterflies: A Poetry Collection](https://paulhaedo.com/books/moments-are-butterflies/)
- [Haedian Poetry: Volume One](https://paulhaedo.com/books/haedian-poetry-volume-one/)

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