What's your style?

[lindyhop]

Okay, I'll start with the guilty disclaimer that I'm not writing any poetry right now and haven't for several years but I when I do I tend to have something worked out in my head before I sit down to write anything out. I spend a lot of time in my car and I compose a lot in my head while driving. (That led to a lot of poems about driving in my car...) Unfortunately when I try to write my masterpiece down it suddenly turns into a plodding pile of words that don't make any sense. When I finally get something on paper I edit it to death, take out any unnecessary words, look for the perfect image. Sometimes there's something left.

I don't attempt rhyme or meter. I find that when I'm reading poetry or involved in a writing group, everything in my life feels like it should be a poem. Ode to the car wash, anyone?