Find the poem inside this prose

A journal entry or a note has something in it worth keeping.

Below is a paragraph of prose. Quote the five phrases with the most life in them and say what makes each one live. Then cut everything that exists only to make the paragraph flow, and set what remains in short lines. Use my words. Mark every word you added.

Prose:

Getting a draft going. Forms, constraints, and raw material for when there is no poem on the page yet.