It began roughly nine months ago when I contemplated publishing a collection of my poems written over the past 30 years. That contemplation led to waves of new poems, 80 or so since then, and the imminent publication of a volume of 145 poems, an absurd and massive size. But this will be the only collection of poems of mine I will ever publish so I threw everything in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One person, a total stranger when we met, instilled confidence in this project when she read a poem of mine about a heron rookery behind the cafe where she works. I thanked her for that the other day. One never knows what happens when a total stranger responds to a 15-line poem about that stranger’s surroundings. Usually indifference, but not in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last poem was written a few days ago after I observed a female delivery driver for Frito Lay working in the parking lot under a purple and orange sunrise. This is the last one and now I begin the design process, something definitely not my strength but I don’t have the services of my great collaborator who has disappeared off the face of the earth for no reason. I really need her on this book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, no more poems posted on the blog for the foreseeable future. The greatest creative burst of my life has finally come to an end. On to the next project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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