The Day We Woke to Darkness

a poem and a brief discussion of writing forms

A short introduction:

The earliest iteration of this poem came one morning after a realistic dream I had in 2019, I think. Or maybe 2018; it was a while ago, when all three kids were still in school.

I was driving them to school in the dream, playing the radio loudly. The streets were crowded and everything was normal except for one change: the sky was co…