"[Erratum: Found Ecology Piece]” by Todd Fredson

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Support Poem-a-Day November 29, 2019   [Erratum: Found Ecology Piece]   Todd Fredson

It is easy to erase it—a touch of the delete key on this keyboard. Barely moving my finger. Versus how much intention it took to use the eraser on a pencil, to flip the pencil around my thumb and scrub out the lead etched on the paper. Stone and rain laugh at me. The amount of time it takes to get marks out of stone (gouges, rough edges, grooves) by rubbing them with water.            Copyright © 2019 by Todd Fredson. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on November 29, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. About this Poem   "So often I am engaged by a human encounter. When I think about it outside of the moment and frame it as a scene or fully scaled image, I think, 'that was a poem.' This poem was triggered by a typing error. And, as I often do, I began thinking of the pace of change those of us living in parts of the world driven by technological advance cooperate with—and of how, in our continual state of urgency, we are drawn away from the mind we might use to care for things with a multi-generational perspective." —Todd Fredson   Todd Fredson's most recent collection is Century Worm (New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2018). Poetry by Fredson   Century Worm (New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2018) "The City Limits" by A. R. Ammons "Again a Solstice" by Jennifer Chang "Kelp" by Jeffrey Yang November Guest Editor: Sherwin Bitsui   Thanks to Sherwin Bitsui, author of Dissolve (Copper Canyon Press, 2018), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Bitsui about his curatorial approach this month and find out more about our guest editors for the year. A culture break, a source of daily renewal...   If reading Poem-a-Day has become a meaningful part of your day, please consider supporting this free series with a donation. Your gift makes publishing Poem-a-Day possible. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit poets.org   Unsubscribe here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038

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