I posted another poem on the poetry pages, Ordinary World. It’s actually a poem that exists in two versions—the one you can find in the poetry pages and the original version. Obviously the two are similar, but there are differences.
Why two versions? I’ll tell the story of how I wrote the original version shortly, but [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Poetry’
February 15, 2009
Ordinary World
January 4, 2009
Poetry Update
I added Walking Back to San Mateo and My Hill to Climb to the poetry section.
July 22, 2008
Everyone should have a Nantucket…
Every year since 1991, my family (my parents and my aunt Rory and uncle Peter, that is) has rented a house on Nantucket for one to two weeks. I’ve been able to go almost every year (I didn’t go the year Jonah was born, for example). Santina, Jonah, and I will be leaving [...]
July 18, 2008
The poem that started it all
There is a reason someone once called me “Wayne Pitcher, Chemist and Poet.” I’ve been writing poetry since my senior year in high school. Here’s “the poem that started it all”:
Bury the Ghost
Dig the grave
Deeper and deeper.
Bury the ghost,
I’m not its keeper.
Pile the dirt
Higher and higher.
Burn her letters,
Fuel for the fire.
Forget the memories,
Forget [...]
