Vacillating Crudities

An examination of the process of writing a particular poem. The name comes from Poe’s essay “A Philosophy of Composition” and refers to the process of an author commenting on the creation of their work

of a sort

I spend a lot of time getting started on sorting things
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tossed

A more apt title for this poem might just be “word salad”, which is sort of what it is. I wrote it rapidly, “tossing” it together with no particular direction in mind, save the thought that sometimes our minds are full of things that we just need to get rid of. Writing this the day…
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what I am not

Some thoughts on trying to be someone you think others want you to be
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sprigs

About spring and memory loss
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order up

Of diner breakfasts and friendship
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so driven

Of driveways and their fate
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apostrophe too

Of childhood and the sun
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winded

It was a very windy day yesterday.
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watershed

A poem inspired by the poetry of Campbell McGrath, C. D. Wright and Jack Gilbert.
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poetessment

A poem inspired by the poetry of Heather McHugh, for whom I have great respect and admiration.
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