How it comes to pass -- Tradition, only the present -- Still life with weave -- Seasons (trying to align) -- Circumference -- Rocket grass -- A little/more -- Enter an empty flowerpot -- Stage left an umbrella -- Why not matter -- Why not bombard, all this heat -- Why not trivialize, surely we love the alphabet -- Why not forget we came here to get a good look -- Why not look it up when you don't know what it means -- Why not examine how time does not change much at all -- Love poem (tree minus limb and counting) -- I woke -- Finding way (an apple or the thunk) -- Through my chest, where were you -- I am inside this flag -- Rosary -- The waiting -- Getting ready for time -- Hand clap -- Wing for unaware.
Summary
In a startling and original poetic voice, Megan Johnson in The Waiting reveals a vigilant young person who has suffered an unmentionable loss and who dismantles and reconstitutes lyric modes in a relentless search for solace. A lyric adventure of grief and search, The Waiting reinvents language from raw materials, driven by intense emotional need.
