bridges of sand, bridges of stone
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- fireside 06.12.24
- blood vessel 06.12.22
- still as sweet, for pebble. circa 06.12.20
- owl song, for taliesen. circa 06.11.24
This is my first HTML poem; formatting is a critical, essential component.
decades ago, in one of my grad school poetry workshops. Mary Swander asked us to start thinking
of all our work as pieces of one collection, and to write with a unifying theme
in mind. i recognized my verse was often about miscommunication, and started writing
under the working title Bridges of Sand, Bridges of Stone.
in the style of Gorey’s Gashlycrumb Tinies, i decided to limit myself to
26 poems entitled with a person’s name for each letter of the American alphabet.
however, eventually someone somehow recognized the real person behind R is for
Ratsmay, so i decided to alter my titles. the benefits included opening the
collection to more than 26 pieces, and not tweaking my friends quite so hard.
workshop critics kept asking me to clarify the meaning of my working title, so
eventually Bridges of Sand became Discontinuities. i’ll have
to add a poem about that, someday.all rights reserved worldwide