For the first few weeks of quarantine, I will be writing poems using various writing experiments that you can try at home. For instance, I’ll rip up a science book and try to write a poem from the fragments, I’ll speak and write only in questions for a day, I’ll write a “mirror” poem to an existing one, experiment with every existing form, and so on!
At Heaven’s Gates (for Dad)
It was my dad’s birthday a couple of days ago. We bought him this beautiful painting by Nikola Pijamanov. I wrote a poem that Pijamanov inscribed one the back of it. You can read the poem here, written while pondering this stunning piece of artwork, reading “Paradise Lost”, and reflecting on hope.