How do you determine what form a poem will take? For instance, do you sit down to write a cento? Do you sit down to write long lines, or does the poem itself dictate that to you?

Linda Susan Jackson Q&A talks about the genesis and form of her poem, September 15, 1963

Linda Susan Jackson, author of the chapbooks, Vitelline Blues and A History of Beauty, talks about the genesis and form of her poem, September 15, 1963.