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
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solaricity
Read more: solaricityAnother day, another shift in the style of a poem for me. This poem is very of-the-moment, a snatch-and-grab of ten minutes or so sitting at a local library at a corner table with windows on both sides, looking out at a glorious windy and cold day. I had just been outside in that wind…
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Reflection
Read more: ReflectionA re-post of my poem “Reflection” as well as analysis of how I wrote it and some thoughts a year later.
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respection
Read more: respectionSadly, there is a lot of disrespection going around these days, I’ve noticed.
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shavings
Read more: shavingsI take the dogs out every night out the back sliding door which inspired this poem.
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night night
Read more: night nightI began writing this morning thinking more about sound than content, the first few lines originally reading, The lines were short and I played with the “ou” sound. I eventually dropped the second word, “though”, as it lost its function in the context of the poem. As much as I loved the look and sound…
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a tinman has hope too
Read more: a tinman has hope tooA poem about fire with, as Chat GPT told me, “intertextual resonance”.
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re: filtrate
Read more: re: filtrateSome thoughts on my recent poem, “filtrate” and on Mary Oliver’s “Poetry Handbook” and the craft of writing poetry.
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