i'm interested in writing a long poem. i've just embarked on a project that is a minor affair and so far in writing the poems it seems that one common theme is emerging. i've written serial poems but frankly the work i'm doing now for this project - which i'll talk about more fully when i'm done - is rather narrative and i think kind of tame. the theme is rather large and i don't know if i'll continue to pursue it. but i think i want to try writing at least a five-page work using completely different techniques such as collage and so forth. can i do it? fuck knows. only one way to find out and that is to do it and find out as i go.