The poem builds in my mind and sits there, as if in a...
The poem builds in my mind and sits there, as if in a register, until the poem, or a piece of a longer poem, is finished enough to write down. I can hold several lines in my head for quite some time, but as soon as they are written down, the register clears, as it were, and I have to work with what is on the paper.
![John Burnside Quote About Builds, Finished, Head, Hold, Lines: The Poem Builds In My...](http://qt.azureedge.net/resources/quotes-images-large/the-poem-builds-in-my-mind-and-sits-there-as-if-in-a-register-until-the-poem-o-452afaffd03b1d645f6411142f5cc751.jpg)