Writing Poetry

One of my recent posts was about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire http://lynnecoll.blogspot.com/2011/03/sad-anniversary-thetriangle-shirtwaist.html. After I wrote that post, I watched an HBO special about the fire. It was compelling--I transcribed several lines as I watched. There was a poem somewhere in there. I made my first attempt. It didn't flow. Sometimes poems have to be birthed over a long period of time. Sometimes they end up as something other than a poem. That's what happened with my Mets piece. Whatever. I'll keep working on it because I know something is there.