Literary Obsessions [1]
In “Selected Poems: Looking Back on a Lifetime of Writing” in the November/December issue [3] of Poets & Writers Magazine, Donald Hall [4] writes, “A grumpy stranger asked me, ‘What do you write about anyway?’ I blurted out, ‘Love, death, and New Hampshire.’” What would you blurt out if you were asked the same question? Write a poem that draws upon your top three thematic obsessions, whether you instinctively reach for these topics each time you start writing, or enjoy revisiting this material in your work. What fresh insights might the juxtaposition of these three subjects in a single poem bring to light?