Let's crack poems open and see them for their parts. W.D. Snodgrass took 101 acclaimed poems and did just that: he re-wrote them into what he called De/Compositions--or, good poems gone wrong. Snodgrass recast each poem, line-by-line, until the poem diverged into another beast entirely. His versions document how artistic choices accumulate to a transcendent final product. We'll take a similar tack. Each week, you'll tackle a poem, render your own version, and share. Our versions will question each choice the poet made, at the same time we’ll direct energies into making the poems "ours."
