stages of writing poem
1 stumble on good phrase/image
2 try to make poem around it
3 fail
4 try again
5 try
6 try
7 TRY, crying
8 give up
9 decide: no poems
10 fantasize writing essay
11 write .5 essay
12 give up
13 knit
13 substantial aging
14 wake up one day
15 oh look a poem— Vanessa Stauffer (@vanopticon) May 8, 2018