The poem, “A Stone,” appears at Wise Owl, their Daily Verse feature, 28 April 2025.
I couldn’t figure out a way to link directly to “A Stone,” so I’ll just have to recommend following the link and scrolling down to 28 April.
You might notice I put “ouch” in parentheses next to the title in the heading for this post. I decided to title a number of similar poems “A Stone,” so I will add a distinguishing word beside the title sometimes. Why don’t I just use a different title? I’ve seen other poets do something similar — Frank O’Hara titling many of his poems “Poem,” for instance. When “Poem” is referred to elsewhere it needs help with identification. “Poem (lousy).” “Poem (anthology piece).”
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I have poem entitled 'Untitled' just to be perverse. Now, off to try and find your poem.
I don't remember ever titling a poem, "Untitled," although I think I did get a poem published that I hadn't titled and the editors slipped "Untitled" onto the top of the page, making it look like the title.
Some of the pages in Autobiography of a Book contain only the text "[This page intentionally left blank]," although there also are a few pages that are wholly blank.
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