The Window

The process of turning a strange dream into a poem.

• The Window

  It all started with this dream of a house on the edge of a forest, with a kitchen window looking directly into the trees. Somehow it turned into a poem.

• The Window (Second Draft)

  "The Window": It all started with this dream of a house on the edge of a forest, with a kitchen window looking directly into the trees. This is the second draft, where I hope to clear up some of the major weaknesses.

• Revision Notes

  "The Window": It all started with this dream of a house on the edge of a forest, with a kitchen window looking directly into the trees. These are notes from an IM discussion on how to improve the poem.

• The Window (First Draft)

  "The Window": It all started with this dream of a house on the edge of a forest, with a kitchen window looking directly into the trees. This is the first draft of the poem about that dream. It's pretty rough and will probably be very different when I've revised it a couple of times.

• Dream Elements

  "The Window": It all started with this dream of a house on the edge of a forest, with a kitchen window looking directly into the trees. This is a rough description of the essential imagery in that dream.