On Completing My First Novel

This is the third and final free verse poem on the process of writing, and completing, my first novel. the novel which is largely autobiographical caused me a great deal of unanticipated emotional stress as it dredged up long submerged memories about one of the most rewarding and painful years in what is now a long, well-established career. Wordsworth, my favorite poet, once described poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings . . . recollected in tranquility.” Writing poetry has a...